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 …

Classically closo-carborane anions, particularly [HCB11H11]− and [HCB9H9]−, and their
derivatives have primarily been used as weakly coordinating anions to isolate reactive …

Gold catalysis has emerged as an efficient tool in the field of synthetic organic chemistry.
Despite the significant progress, the need for high catalyst loadings has mainly hampered its …

This feature article covers new directions in the fundamental and applied chemistry of the
closo-carborane anions [HCB11H11]− and [HCB9H9]−, as well as some related chemistry …

Complexes of Pd (II) with NHC ligands can suffer facile decomposition in the presence of
alkali metal hydroxides, alkoxydes and other strong oxygen-containing bases via the …

With the objective of identifying new coordination modes of ambiphilic ligands, we have
investigated the bidentate Sb/P ligands (o‐(Ph2P) C6H4) SbCl2 (LCl) and (o‐(Ph2P) C6H4) …

Discovered by Hawthorne in 1965, dicarbollide ions are an intriguing class of nido‐
carboranes that mimic the behavior of the cyclopentadienyl anion. Herein, we show that it is …

Four biphenyl-and fluorene-based o-carboranyl compounds, 4-[2-(pn-butylphenyl)-1-o-
carboran-1-yl] biphenyl (1B), 4, 4 ″-bis [2-(pn-butylphenyl)-1-o-carboran-1-yl] biphenyl (2B) …

The regioselective derivatization of the monocarba-closo-dodecaborate anion via catalytic B–
H bond activation is reported. Amide directing groups in combination with rhodium and …

Abstract The 1, 3‐bis (tricyanoborane) imidazolate anion 1 was obtained in high yield from
lithium imidazolate and B (CN) 3− pyridine adduct. Anion 1 is chemically very robust and …