The chemistry of complexes bearing triple bonds between transition metals and silicon or
germanium has made considerable progress in the last two decades. For base-free …

This paper summarizes recent developments involving the preparation and reactivity of
molecular species stabilized by terphenyl ligands that feature new bonding environments …

In this short review recent developments in the synthesis and spectroscopic characterization,
as well as the bonding and reactivity, of heavier group 14 element alkyne analogues (REER …

DFT calculations at BP86/QZ4P have been carried out for different structures of E2H2 (E= C,
Si, Ge, Sn, Pb) with the goal to explain the unusual equilibrium geometries of the heavier …

A novel method to prepare SiCp* 2 (1)(Cp*= C5Me5) is presented involving the reaction of N-
heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-stabilized SiII halides SiX2 (NHC)(X= Cl, Br) with 2 equiv of …

The first silylyne complex of a metal beyond group 6,[Cp*(i Pr3P)(H) Os Si (Trip)][HB
(C6F5) 3], was prepared by a new synthetic route involving hydride abstraction from silicon …

Two extremely bulky bis (aryl) amines, HN (Ar*)(Ph)(HLPh) and HN (Ar*)(Mes)(HLMes)(Ar*=
C6H2 {C (H) Ph2} 2Me-2, 6, 4; Mes= mesityl), have been prepared by palladium-catalyzed …

The geometries and bond dissociation energies of the main group complexes X3B− NX3,
X3B− PX3, X3Al− NX3, and X3Al− PX3 (X= H, Me, Cl) and the transition metal complexes …

We report a broad theoretical study on [(PMe3) 3MER]+ complexes, with M= Ni, Pd, Pt, E= C,
Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, and R= ArMes, Tbb,(ArMes= 2, 6-dimesitylphenyl; Tbb= C6H2-2, 6-[CH …

In the mid-1990s, the first examples of complexes containing triple bonds between transition
metals and heavier analogues of the carbon as well as the nitrogen groups were reported …