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 …

Natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis is one of many available options for 'translating'
computational solutions of Schrödinger's wave equation into the familiar language of …

Cyclic (alkyl)-and (aryl)-(amino) carbenes (CAACs and CAArCs) are stronger σ-donors and
π-acceptors than imidazol-2-ylidenes and imidazolidin-2-ylidenes, the well-known N …

The emergence of N-heterocyclic carbenes as ligands across the Periodic Table had an
impact on various aspects of the coordination, organometallic, and catalytic chemistry of the …

The focus of this review is the presentation of the most important aspects of chemical
bonding in molecules of the main group atoms according to the current state of knowledge …

Breaking down the calculated interaction energy between two or more fragments into well-
defined terms enables a physically meaningful understanding of chemical bonding. Energy …

Carbenes are perhaps the most versatile reactive intermediates in chemistry. Since the
original visions of “methylene” by Dumas 1 in 1835 and a generalization of this vision by Nef …

Conspectus N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) are known to stabilize some metal atoms in
different oxidation states mostly by their strong σ-donation. After the successful syntheses of …

Recently, N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) were introduced as alternative anchors for
surface modifications and so offered many attractive features, which might render them …

Atomically precise copper nanoclusters (NCs) are of immense interest for a variety of
applications, but have remained elusive. Herein, we report the isolation of a copper …