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 …

Oxidative addition and reductive elimination are key steps in a wide variety of catalytic
reactions mediated by transition-metal complexes. Historically, this reactivity has been …

Abstract Discovered in 2005, cyclic (alkyl)(amino) carbenes (CAACs) are among the most
nucleophilic (σ donating) and also electrophilic (π‐accepting) stable carbenes known to …

Carbenes have evolved from transient laboratory curiosities to a robust, diverse, and
surprisingly impactful ligand class. A variety of different carbenes have significantly …

Shortly after their discovery at the end of the 80s, stable singlet carbenes have been
recognized as excellent ligands for transition metal based catalysts, and as organo-catalysts …

Organophosphorus compounds (OPCs) have gained tremendous interest in the past
decades due to their wide applications ranging from synthetic chemistry to materials and …

Ein Kennzeichen der seit 2005 bekannten cyclischen Alkylaminocarbene (CAACs) ist ihre
ausgeprägte Nucleophilie (σ‐Donor) und zugleich Elektrophile (π‐Akzeptor). Diese …

In contrast to the well-established transition-metal-mediated activation of white phosphorus
(P4), the metal-free direct functionalization of P4 has remained rare. The conversion of P4 …

Conspectus Since the first reported isolation of a carbene just over a quarter century ago,
the study of such compounds including stable derivatives has flourished. Indeed, N …

The N‐heterocyclic carbene–phosphinidene adduct IPr PSiMe3 is introduced as a synthon
for the preparation of terminal carbene–phosphinidyne transition metal complexes of the …