Dative, or nonoxidative, ligand coordination is common in transition metal complexes;
however, this bonding motif is rare in compounds of main group elements in the formal …

This article highlights recent efforts of this laboratory in the stabilization of highly reactive,
low-oxidation-state, main-group molecules using bulky N-heterocyclic carbene ligands [L …

One field of organometallic chemistry that has seen great advancements over the last 20
years is that of main-group chemistry, in particular boron chemistry, that has led to a wealth …

The reactions of the germylenoid Li (THF) 3GeCl2C (SiMe3) 3 with the carbonyl metalates Li
[CpMo (CO) 3] and K [CpW (CO) 3](Cp= η5-C5H5) in toluene afford selectively the …

The silyl-substituted silylene–NHC complex bis (tri-tert-butylsilyl) silylene–(1, 3, 4, 5-
tetramethylimidazol-2-ylidene)[(t Bu3Si) 2Si:← NHCMe, 2] was synthesized and isolated as …

Silylenes and silanides, prominent Si (II) species, are not only interesting in their own right,
but also constitute important building blocks in oligosilane and organosilane chemistry. The …

The last 10 years have witnessed tremendous advances in the field of silyl anion research.
New methods for the synthesis of alkali metal silanides have been added to the toolboxes of …

Among the variety of isolable compounds with multiple bonds involving silicon, examples of
compounds that contain silicon–boron double bonds (borasilenes) still remain relatively …

The lithium bis (imino) stannylenoid (NIPr) 2Sn (Li) Cl (1; NIPr= bis (2, 6‐diisopropylphenyl)
imidazolin‐2‐imino) was prepared by the reaction of LiNIPr with 0.5 equiv of SnCl2⋅ diox …

DMAP-stabilized silylenes 1a–c are obtained from the reductive debromination of the
corresponding dibromosilanes in the presence of DMAP. Their distinctly different thermal …