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 …

N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHC) are nowadays ubiquitous and indispensable in many
research fields, and it is not possible to imagine modern transition metal and main group …

The imidazolin-2-imino group is an N-heterocyclic imino functionality that derives from the
class of compounds known as guanidines. The exocyclic nitrogen atom preferably bonds to …

The discovery of transition metal-catalysed polymerisation of olefins in the 1950s by Ziegler
and Natta was of huge importance. Over the last 30 years, the interest in homogenous …

In the last decade, major conceptual advances in the chemistry of actinide molecules and
materials have been made to demonstrate their distinct reactivity profiles as compared to …

The number of well-defined molybdenum and tungsten alkylidyne complexes that are able
to catalyze alkyne metathesis reactions efficiently has been significantly expanded in recent …

The rare earth metal dichlorides [(1) MCl2 (THF) 3](2a, M= Sc; 2b, M= Y; 2c, M= Lu) and the
gadolinium complex [(1) GdCl2 (THF) 2]·[LiCl (THF) 2](2d), containing the 1, 3-bis (2, 6 …

Silylenes, heavier analogues of carbenes, have attracted enormous research interest
because of their interesting properties and reactivity.[1] Since the synthesis of the first N …

Electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction to value-added chemicals is an important strategy
to store renewable energy. Despite recent advances, the current level of performance of …

Half-sandwich complexes of the N-heterocyclic carbene-phosphinidene adduct [(IPr) PH](1,
IPr= 1, 3-bis (2, 6-diisopropylphenyl) imidazolin-2-ylidene) were prepared by its reaction …