The study of main-group molecules that behave and react similarly to transition-metal (TM)
complexes has attracted significant interest in recent decades. Most notably, the attractive …

Although chemically binding interatomic interactions are the basis for chemistry as a whole,
the understanding of the nature of the chemical bond is much less advanced than the …

DFT calculations have been carried out for coordinatively saturated neutral and charged
carbonyl complexes [M (CO) n] q where M is a metal atom of groups 2–10. The model …

Carbon monoxide (CO) produced in many large-scale industrial oxidation processes is
difficult to separate from nitrogen (N2), and afterward, CO is further oxidized to carbon …

This critical review describes the reactivity of heterogeneous catalysts from the point of view
of four simple, but essential for Chemistry, molecules (namely dihydrogen, carbon …

N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHC) is a well established class of new ligands in organometallic
chemistry. Their use as ligands in many reactions catalyzed by transition metal complexes …

Conspectus Alkaline earth elements beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, and barium
with an n s2 valence-shell configuration are usually classified as main-group elements that …

The CO stretching response upon coordination to a metal M to form [(L) nM (CO)] m
complexes (L is an auxiliary ligand) is investigated in relation to the σ donation and π back …

Transition-metal carbonyl complexes, M (CO) x, are cornerstones of modern coordination
chemistry and organometallic chemistry. 1 Coordinatively unsaturated transition-metal …

The extension of the frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) concept to the transition series with cationic
zirconocene–phosphinoaryloxide complexes is demonstrated. Such complexes mimic the …