The past decade has witnessed an enormous growth in the chemistry of σ-bonded rare-
earth metal (Ln) alkyls, particularly due to their relevance for Ziegler-type anionic …

In the last decade, major conceptual advances in the chemistry of actinide molecules and
materials have been made to demonstrate their distinct reactivity profiles as compared to …

Calcium fluoride is the ultimate source of all fluorochemicals. Current synthetic approaches
rely on the use of HF, generated from naturally occurring fluorspar and sulfuric acid …

The heavier group 2 complexes [M {N (SiMe3) 2} 2] 2 (1, M= Ca; 2, M= Sr) and [M {CH
(SiMe3) 2} 2 (THF) 2](3, M= Ca; 4, M= Sr) are shown to be effective precatalysts for the …

New class of air‐stable catalysts for lactide polymerisation: Guanidine–pyridine hybrid
ligands (picture, left) were used to prepare a series of zinc complexes (eg, depicted cation …

The rare earth metal dichlorides [(1) MCl2 (THF) 3](2a, M= Sc; 2b, M= Y; 2c, M= Lu) and the
gadolinium complex [(1) GdCl2 (THF) 2]·[LiCl (THF) 2](2d), containing the 1, 3-bis (2, 6 …

The magnesium methyl and the calcium and strontium silylamide β-diketiminate derivatives
[{ArNC (Me) CHC (Me) NAr} MX (THF) n](M= Mg, X= CH3, n= 0; M= Ca, X= N (SiMe3) 2, n= 0 …

The hydroamination of alkenes, dienes, allenes, and alkynes by early transition metal
catalysts has seen significant progress over the last decade, especially with respect to …

Organic compounds that contain nitrogen are very important intermediates in
pharmaceutical and chemical industry. Hydroamination is the reaction that can form C–N …

The heteroleptic iodo complexes [(DIP2pyr) MI (THF) n](M= Ca, Sr (n= 3); Ba (n=
4);(DIP2pyr)−= 2, 5-bis {N-(2, 6-diisopropylphenyl) iminomethyl} pyrrolyl) were synthesized …