Taming the cationic beast: novel developments in the synthesis and application of weakly coordinating anions

IM Riddlestone, A Kraft, J Schaefer… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This Review gives a comprehensive overview of the most topical weakly coordinating
anions (WCAs) and contains information on WCA design, stability, and applications. As an …

Ammonia–borane and amine–borane dehydrogenation mediated by complex metal hydrides

A Rossin, M Peruzzini - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
This review is a comprehensive survey of the last 10 years of research on ammonia–borane
and amine–borane dehydrogenation mediated by complex metal hydrides (CMHs), within …

Catalytic Dehydrocoupling/Dehydrogenation of N-Methylamine-Borane and Ammonia-Borane: Synthesis and Characterization of High Molecular Weight …

A Staubitz, ME Sloan, APM Robertson… - Journal of the …, 2010 - ACS Publications
The catalytic dehydrocoupling/dehydrogenation of N-methylamine-borane, MeNH2· BH3 (7),
to yield the soluble, high molecular weight poly (N-methylaminoborane)(8a),[MeNH− BH2] n …

Blue Phosphorescent Zwitterionic Iridium(III) Complexes Featuring Weakly Coordinating nido-Carborane-Based Ligands

JC Axtell, KO Kirlikovali, PI Djurovich… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We report the development of a new class of phosphorescent zwitterionic bis (heteroleptic) Ir
(III) compounds containing pyridyl ligands with weakly coordinating nido-carboranyl …

Catalysis in service of main group chemistry offers a versatile approach to p-block molecules and materials

EM Leitao, T Jurca, I Manners - Nature chemistry, 2013 - nature.com
Catalytic reactions that enable the formation of new bonds to carbon centres play a
pervasive role in the state-of-the-art synthesis of organic molecules and macromolecules. In …

LNL-Carbazole Pincer Ligand: More than the Sum of Its Parts

G Kleinhans, AJ Karhu, H Boddaert, S Tanweer… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The utility of carbazole in photo-, electro-, and medicinal applications has ensured its
widespread use also as the backbone in tridentate pincer ligands. In this review, the aim is …

Bis (dinitrogen) cobalt (− 1) complexes with NHC ligation: synthesis, characterization, and their dinitrogen functionalization reactions affording side-on bound diazene …

Y Gao, G Li, L Deng - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018 - ACS Publications
Late-transition-metal-based catalysts are widely used in N2 fixation reactions, but the
reactivity of late-transition-metal N2 complexes, besides iron N2 complexes, has remained …

The mechanism of borane–amine dehydrocoupling with bifunctional ruthenium catalysts

AN Marziale, A Friedrich, I Klopsch… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Borane–amine adducts have received considerable attention, both as vectors for chemical
hydrogen storage and as precursors for the synthesis of inorganic materials. Transition …

Polyhydrides of platinum group metals: Nonclassical interactions and σ-bond activation reactions

MA Esteruelas, AM Lopez, M Olivan - Chemical Reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
The preparation, structure, dynamic behavior in solution, and reactivity of polyhydride
complexes of platinum group metals, described during the last three decades, are …

Design concepts for N-heterocyclic carbene ligands

F Nahra, DJ Nelson, SP Nolan - Trends in Chemistry, 2020 - cell.com
N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) are a widely used class of ligands that have enabled an
exciting variety of organometallic chemistry and catalysis. As researchers design and …