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 …

Small inorganic rings in the 21st century: From fleeting intermediates to novel isolable entities

G He, O Shynkaruk, MW Lui, E Rivard - Chemical Reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Cyclic structures represent a well-studied structural class due to the novel bonding modes
and reactivity these units possess and the ubiquitous role of cyclic intermediates in a wide …

A systematic study of structure and E− H bond activation chemistry by sterically encumbered germylene complexes

M Usher, AV Protchenko, A Rit… - … A European Journal, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A series of new germylene compounds has been synthesized offering systematic variation in
the σ‐and π‐capabilities of the α‐substituent and differing levels of reactivity towards E− H …

A germylene stabilized by homoconjugation

Z Dong, CRW Reinhold, M Schmidtmann… - Angewandte …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The synthesis of a bicyclic germylene from the reaction of a germole dianion with hafnocene
dichloride is reported. This germylene is stabilized by a homoconjugative interaction of the …

Linear free-energy relationship and rate study on a silylation-based kinetic resolution: mechanistic insights

RK Akhani, MI Moore, JG Pribyl… - The Journal of Organic …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The substituent effect of different p-substituted triphenylsilyl chlorides on silylation-based
kinetic resolutions was explored. Electron-donating groups slow down the reaction rate and …

Accessing Low‐Valent Inorganic Cations by Using an Extremely Bulky N‐Heterocyclic Carbene

MMD Roy, PA Lummis, MJ Ferguson… - … A European Journal, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The extremely bulky N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC), ITr (ITr=[(HCNCPh3) 2C:]) featuring
sterically shielding umbrella‐shaped trityl (CPh3) substituents was prepared. This NHC …

Limitations of steric bulk: Towards phospha‐germynes and phospha‐stannynes

A Hinz, JM Goicoechea - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The use of bulky aryl (silyl) amides (R) as substituents for the stabilisation of phospha‐
germynes and phospha‐stannynes (R− Ge≡ P and R− Sn≡ P, respectively) is described …

Synthetic, structural and reaction chemistry of N-heterocyclic germylene and stannylene compounds featuring N-boryl substituents

L Kristinsdóttir, NL Oldroyd, R Grabiner… - Dalton …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
This study details the syntheses of N-heterocyclic germylenes and stannylenes featuring
diazaborolyl groups,{(HCDippN) 2B}(Dipp= 2, 6-iPr2C6H3), as both of the N-bound …

Low-valent oligogermanium amidophenolate complex comprising a unique Ge4 chain

KV Tsys, MG Chegerev, GK Fukin, AG Starikov… - Mendeleev …, 2020 - Elsevier
New 10π-electron stabilized O, N-heterocyclic germylene was synthesized and structurally
characterized for the first time. Its reduction with potassium in THF resulted in a unique low …

Isolation of a Cyclic (Alkyl)(amino) germylene

L Wang, YS Lim, Y Li, R Ganguly, R Kinjo - Molecules, 2016 - mdpi.com
A 1, 4-addition of a dichlorogermylene dioxane complex with α, β-unsaturated imine 1 gave
a dichlorogermane derivative 2 bearing a GeC3N five-membered ring skeleton. By reducing …