Oxidative addition and reductive elimination at main-group element centers

T Chu, GI Nikonov - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
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 …

Where silylene–silicon centres matter in the activation of small molecules

C Shan, S Yao, M Driess - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Small molecules such as H2, N2, CO, NH3, O2 are ubiquitous stable species and their
activation and role in the formation of value-added products are of fundamental importance …

A bis (silylene)-stabilized diphosphorus compound and its reactivity as a monophosphorus anion transfer reagent

Y Wang, T Szilvási, S Yao, M Driess - Nature Chemistry, 2020 - nature.com
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 …

The chemistry of yellow arsenic

M Seidl, G Balázs, M Scheer - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
The generation and handling of the light-sensitive and metastable yellow arsenic (As4) is
extremely challenging. In view of recent breakthroughs in synthesizing As4 storage …

Recent progress in the chemistry of metal amidinates and guanidinates: syntheses, catalysis and materials

FT Edelmann - Advances in organometallic chemistry, 2013 - Elsevier
This review provides a comprehensive overview of the most recent progress in chemistry
and applications of metal complexes containing heteroallylic ligands such as amidinates …

Unexpected White Phosphorus (P4) Activation Modes with Silylene‐Substituted o‐Carboranes and Access to an Isolable 1,3‐Diphospha‐2,4‐disilabutadiene

Y Xiong, S Dong, S Yao, J Zhu… - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
New types of metal‐free white phosphorus (P4) activation are reported. While the phosphine‐
silylene‐substituted dicarborane 1, CB‐SiP (CB= ortho‐C, C′‐C2B10H10, Si= PhC (tBuN) …

An Isolable 2,5‐Disila‐3,4‐Diphosphapyrrole and a Conjugated Si=P−Si=P−Si=N Chain Through Degradation of White Phosphorus with a N,N‐Bis(Silylenyl)Aniline

Y Xiong, S Dong, S Yao, C Dai, J Zhu… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
White phosphorus (P4) undergoes degradation to P2 moieties if exposed to the new N, N‐
bis (silylenyl) aniline PhNSi2 1 (Si= Si [N (tBu)] 2CPh), furnishing the first isolable 2, 5‐disila …

Oxidation reactions of a versatile, two-coordinate, acyclic iminosiloxysilylene

D Reiter, P Frisch, D Wendel, FM Hörmann… - Dalton …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Due to their outstanding reactivity, acyclic silylenes have emerged as attractive
organosilicon alternatives for transition metal complexes on the way to metal-free catalysis …

From a phosphaketenyl‐functionalized germylene to 1, 3‐digerma‐2, 4‐diphosphacyclobutadiene

S Yao, Y Xiong, T Szilvási, H Grützmacher… - Angewandte …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The first 4π‐electron resonance‐stabilized 1, 3‐digerma‐2, 4‐diphosphacyclobutadiene
[LH2Ge2P2] 4 (LH= CH [CHNDipp] 2 Dipp= 2, 6‐iPr2C6H3) with four‐coordinate …

[HTML][HTML] Activation of phosphorus by group 14 elements in low oxidation states

S Khan, SS Sen, HW Roesky - Chemical Communications, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The activation of phosphorus remains a popular and competitive area of research driven by
the dual goals of finding ways to avoid the environmentally questionable P–Cl compounds …