The addition of a B–H bond to an unsaturated bond (polarized or unpolarized) is a powerful
and atom-economic tool for the synthesis of organoboranes. In recent years, s-block …

The past decade has witnessed some remarkable advances in our appreciation of the
structural and reaction chemistry of the heavier alkaline earth (Ae= Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba) elements …

A β-diketiminato n-butylmagnesium complex is presented as a selective precatalyst for the
reductive hydroboration of organic nitriles with pinacolborane (HBpin). Stoichiometric …

Asymmetric hydroamination allows the direct and selective formation of a new C N bond as
a simple procedure towards valuable scalemic synthons. Huge efforts have recently been …

The heavier group 2 complexes [M {N (SiMe3) 2} 2] 2 (1, M= Ca; 2, M= Sr) and [M {CH
(SiMe3) 2} 2 (THF) 2](3, M= Ca; 4, M= Sr) are shown to be effective precatalysts for the …

This Perspective article provides an overview of the recent advancements in the field of intra-
and inter-molecular C–N, C–O and C–P bond formation by hydroamination …

New alkaline-earth amido complexes catalyze the regioselective intermolecular
hydroamination (see scheme; Ae= alkaline earth) and hydrophosphination of styrene and …

The β‐diketiminato magnesium alkyl complex [LMgnBu](L= CH {CMe (NDipp)} 2, Dipp=
diisopropylphenyl) is shown to be a highly effective precatalyst for the hydroboration of alkyl …

If Grignard had only known! A chiral magnesium complex catalyzes the intramolecular
hydroamination/cyclization of aminoalkenes with high efficiency at temperatures as low as …

Abstract [{N^ N} M (X)(thf) n] alkyl (X= CH (SiMe3) 2) and amide (X= N (SiMe3) 2) complexes
of alkaline earths (M= Ca, Sr, Ba) and divalent rare earths (YbII and EuII) bearing an …