Carbenes (R2C:), compounds with a divalent carbon atom containing only six valence shell
electrons, have evolved into a broader class with the replacement of the carbene carbon or …

This review serves to document advances in the synthesis, versatile bonding, and reactivity
of molecular main group metal hydrides within Groups 1, 2, and 12–16. Particular attention …

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 …

Since the latter quarter of the twentieth century, main group chemistry has undergone
significant advances. Power's timely review in 2010 highlighted the inherent differences …

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 …

This third review in a series involving reactions of hydrosilanes and transition metal
complexes and characterization of the products covers the period 2009 thru 2013. After a …

A considerable number of isolable silylenes, silicon divalent compounds, have been
synthesized and great efforts have been made of the discovery of their distinctive structural …

The past decade has witnessed staggering progress in the chemistry of compounds with low‐
valent main‐group elements. Although these discoveries are mostly fundamental by nature …

A novel nontransient acyclic iminosilylene (1), bearing a bulky super silyl group (− Si t Bu3)
and N-heterocyclic imine ligand with a methylated backbone, was prepared and isolated …

A significant number of isolable silylenes are currently known. They have quickly developed
from laboratory curiosities to useful ligands in metal‐mediated homogeneous catalysis. This …