Since the discovery of the first stable N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) in the beginning of the
1990s, these divalent carbon species have become a common and available class of …

N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHC) are nowadays ubiquitous and indispensable in many
research fields, and it is not possible to imagine modern transition metal and main group …

The focus of this review is the presentation of the most important aspects of chemical
bonding in molecules of the main group atoms according to the current state of knowledge …

Carbenes are perhaps the most versatile reactive intermediates in chemistry. Since the
original visions of “methylene” by Dumas 1 in 1835 and a generalization of this vision by Nef …

Beyond the Tolman electronic parameter: The 31P NMR chemical shifts of easily
synthesized carbene–phenylphosphinidene adducts allow the determination of the relative …

The progress in experimental and theoretical research in the area of main group compounds
that possess dative bonds, which was made in the last decade, is summarized. The focus …

A summary of theoretical and experimental work in the area of low-coordinated compounds
of boron and group-14 atoms C–Sn in the last decade is presented. The focus of the account …

N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) are widely used ligands and reagents in modern inorganic
synthesis as well as in homogeneous catalysis and organocatalysis. However, NHCs are …

Reduction of an N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) adduct of SnCl2, viz.[(IPr) SnCl2](IPr=: C {N
(Dip) C (H)} 2; Dip= 2, 6-diisopropylphenyl), with a magnesium (I) dimer, has afforded the …

Azines are organic molecules which bear the CN–NC functional unit. In the recent past,
azines have received increased attention due to the recognition of their biological, chemical …