Recent advances in the chemistry of isolable carbene analogues with group 13–15 elements

M He, C Hu, R Wei, XF Wang, LL Liu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbenes (R2C:), compounds with a divalent carbon atom containing only six valence shell
electrons, have evolved into a broader class with the replacement of the carbene carbon or …

The aluminyl anion: a new generation of aluminium nucleophile

J Hicks, P Vasko, JM Goicoechea… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Trivalent aluminium compounds are well known for their reactivity as Lewis
acids/electrophiles, a feature that is exploited in many pharmaceutical, industrial and …

The road travelled: after main‐group elements as transition metals

C Weetman, S Inoue - ChemCatChem, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Since the latter quarter of the twentieth century, main group chemistry has undergone
significant advances. Power's timely review in 2010 highlighted the inherent differences …

The unique β-diketiminate ligand in aluminum (I) and gallium (I) chemistry

M Zhong, S Sinhababu, HW Roesky - Dalton Transactions, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past few decades, β-diketiminate ligands have been widely used in coordination
chemistry and are capable of stabilizing various metal complexes in multiple oxidation …

Boosting Low‐Valent Aluminum (I) Reactivity with a Potassium Reagent

S Grams, J Eyselein, J Langer, C Färber… - Angewandte …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The reagent RK [R= CH (SiMe3) 2 or N (SiMe3) 2] was expected to react with the
low‐valent (DIPPBDI) Al (DIPPBDI= HC [C (Me) N (DIPP)] 2, DIPP= 2, 6‐iPr‐phenyl) to give …

Probing the extremes of covalency in M− Al bonds: lithium and zinc aluminyl compounds

MMD Roy, J Hicks, P Vasko, A Heilmann… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Synthetic routes to lithium, magnesium, and zinc aluminyl complexes are reported, allowing
for the first structural characterization of an unsupported lithium–aluminium bond …

The Monomeric Alanediyl :AlAriPr8 (AriPr8 = C6H-2,6-(C6H2-2,4,6-Pri3)2-3,5-Pri2): An Organoaluminum(I) Compound with a One-Coordinate …

JD Queen, A Lehmann, JC Fettinger… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Reduction of the aluminum iodide AlI2Ar i Pr8 (1; Ar i Pr8= C6H-2, 6-(C6H2-2, 4, 6-Pr i 3) 2-
3, 5-Pr i 2) with 5% w/w Na/NaCl in hexanes gave a dark red solution from which the …

Nickel‐Catalyzed Selective C(sp2)−F Bond Alkylation of Industrially Relevant Hydrofluoroolefin HFO‐1234yf

YC Luo, MK Wang, LC Yu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The selective transition‐metal catalyzed C− F bond functionalization of inexpensive
industrial fluorochemicals represents one of the most attractive approaches to valuable …

Cleavage of C(sp3)–F Bonds in Trifluoromethylarenes Using a Bis(NHC)nickel(0) Complex

H Iwamoto, H Imiya, M Ohashi… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The first example of the oxidative addition of a C (sp3)–F bond in trifluoromethylarenes to a
nickel (0) complex is described. A nickel (0) complex that bears two N-heterocyclic carbene …

Recent advances in low oxidation state aluminium chemistry

K Hobson, CJ Carmalt, C Bakewell - Chemical Science, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The synthesis and isolation of novel low oxidation state aluminium (Al) compounds has seen
relatively slow progress over the 30 years since such species were first isolated. This is …