The chemistry of the p-block elements is a huge playground for fundamental and applied
work. With their bonding from electron deficient to hypercoordinate and formally hypervalent …

Pnictine derivatives can behave as both 2e− donors (Lewis bases) and 2e− acceptors
(Lewis acids). As prototypical ligands in the coordination chemistry of transition metals …

The main feedstock for the value-added phosphorus chemicals used in industry and
research is white phosphorus (P4), from which the key intermediate for forming P (III) …

In recent years bond arrows “!” have been used more and more frequently in the structural
formulae of main-group compounds.[1, 2] Thereby, the terminology of a central atom and …

Exploring the reactivity of white phosphorus with electrophilic carbenes: synthesis of a P 4
cage and P 8 clusters - Chemical Communications (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/C3CC42041H …

Abstract RGa {R= HC [C (Me) N (2, 6‐iPr2C6H3)] 2} reacts with Sb (NMe2) 3 with insertion
into the Sb N bond and elimination of RGa (NMe2) 2 (2), yielding the Ga‐substituted …

Reacting white phosphorus (P4) with sterically encumbered aryl lithium reagents (aryl= 2, 6‐
dimesitylphenyl or 2, 4, 6‐tBu3C6H2) and B (C6F5) 3 gives the unique, isolable Lewis acid …

The aim of this review is to provide a comprehensive view of the chemistry of cationic
polyphosphorus cages. The synthetic protocols established for their preparation, which are …

Pentaphosphaferrocene redox chemistry: Unprecedented dianionic and P P coupled and
monomeric products are obtained by the reduction of pentaphosphaferrocene with KH or K …

Modification of C–F bonds with main-group catalysts has typically employed electron-
deficient Lewis superacids in high oxidation states, and the challenges of preparing and …