This review serves to document advances in the synthesis, versatile bonding, and reactivity
of molecular main group metal hydrides within Groups 1, 2, and 12–16. Particular attention …

Heteroatom-centered diradical (oid) s have been in the focus of molecular main group
chemistry for nearly 30 years. During this time, the diradical concept has evolved and the …

Radical species are significant in modern chemistry. Their unique chemical bonding and
novel physicochemical properties play significant roles not only in fundamental chemistry …

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 …

Trivalent aluminium compounds are well known for their reactivity as Lewis
acids/electrophiles, a feature that is exploited in many pharmaceutical, industrial and …

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 …

Synthetic routes to lithium, magnesium, and zinc aluminyl complexes are reported, allowing
for the first structural characterization of an unsupported lithium–aluminium bond …

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 …

Isolation of cyclic (alkyl) amino carbenes (cAACs) in 2005 has been a major achievement in
the field of stable carbenes due to their better electronic properties. cAACs and bicyclic …

Low-valent aluminium compounds are very reactive main-group species and have therefore
been widely investigated. Since the isolation of a stable molecular Al (I) compound in …