Since the discovery of the first stable N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) in the beginning of the
1990s, these divalent carbon species have become a common and available class of …

The emergence of N-heterocyclic carbenes as ligands across the Periodic Table had an
impact on various aspects of the coordination, organometallic, and catalytic chemistry of the …

Nickel hydride complexes, defined herein as any molecules bearing a nickel hydrogen
bond, are crucial intermediates in numerous nickel-catalyzed reactions. Some of them are …

A significant number of isolable silylenes are currently known. They have quickly developed
from laboratory curiosities to useful ligands in metal‐mediated homogeneous catalysis. This …

The synthesis and structure of the first 1, 2‐bis (NHSi)‐substituted ortho‐carborane [(LSi:) C]
2B10H10 (termed SiCCSi) is reported (NHSi= N‐heterocyclic silylene; L= PhC (NtBu) 2). Its …

The present review highlights the role of N-heterocyclic silylene (NHSi) ligands, the silicon
analogues of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs), utilized in various catalytic organic …

The synthesis and structures of the first SiII‐donor supported manganese (II) complexes [L1]
MnCl2,[L2] MnCl2, and [L3] 2MnCl2 are reported, bearing a pincer‐type bis (NHSi)‐pyridine …

The formation of the C–C bond is a major and important reaction in synthetic organic
chemistry and frequently catalyzed by transition-metal catalysts. Among them, Kumada …

The bis (silylene)-based SiC (sp3) Si pincer ligand N, N′-bis (LSi:) dipyrromethane
[SiCH2Si](L1; L= PhC (NtBu) 2) with a C (sp3) atom anchor was synthesized, and its …

We report the synthesis of a novel bidentate N-heterocyclic silylene (NHSi) ligand, N-(LSi:)-
N-methyl-2-pyridinamine (1)(L= PhC (N t Bu) 2), and the first bischelate disilylene iron …