Can low-valent silicon compounds be better transition metal ligands than phosphines and NHCs?

A facile access to a novel NHC-stabilized silyliumylidene ion and C–H activation of phenylacetylene

(2014) Syed Usman Ahmad et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

New Route to Access an Acyl-Functionalized Phosphasilene and a Four-Membered Si-P-C-O Heterocycle

(2014) Nora C. Breit et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

A Donor-Stabilized Zwitterionic “Half-Parent” Phosphasilene and Its Unusual Reactivity towards Small Molecules

(2014) Kerstin Hansen et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Donor–acceptor chemistry in the main group

(2014) Eric Rivard   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

N-heterocyclic silylene complexes in catalysis: new frontiers in an emerging field

(2014) Burgert Blom et al.   Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers

A Cyclic Silylone (“Siladicarbene”) with an Electron-Rich Silicon(0) Atom

(2013) Yun Xiong et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A Stable Singlet Biradicaloid Siladicarbene: (L:)2Si

(2013) Kartik Chandra Mondal et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

31P NMR Chemical Shifts of Carbene-Phosphinidene Adducts as an Indicator of the π-Accepting Properties of Carbenes

(2013) Olivier Back et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Molecular tailoring: a possible synthetic route to hexasilabenzene

(2013) Zsolt Benedek et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

From a Zwitterionic Phosphasilene to Base Stabilized Silyliumylidene-Phosphide and Bis(silylene) Complexes

(2013) Nora C. Breit et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A Fragile Zwitterionic Phosphasilene as a Transfer Agent of the Elusive Parent Phosphinidene (:PH)

(2013) Kerstin Hansen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Electron-Rich N-Heterocyclic Silylene (NHSi)–Iron Complexes: Synthesis, Structures, and Catalytic Ability of an Isolable Hydridosilylene–Iron Complex

(2013) Burgert Blom et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Molecular Tailoring: Substituent Design for Hexagermabenzene

(2013) Tibor Szilvási et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Internal Catalytic Effect of Bulky NHC Ligands in Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reaction

(2013) Tibor Szilvási et al.   ACS Catalysis

Pushing the σ-Donor Strength in Iridium Pincer Complexes: Bis(silylene) and Bis(germylene) Ligands Are Stronger Donors than Bis(phosphorus(III)) Ligands

(2012) Andreas Brück et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

An Acyclic Imino-Substituted Silylene: Synthesis, Isolation, and its Facile Conversion into a Zwitterionic Silaimine

(2012) Shigeyoshi Inoue et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Bis(silylenyl)- and Bis(germylenyl)-Substituted Ferrocenes: Synthesis, Structure, and Catalytic Applications of Bidentate Silicon(II)-Cobalt Complexes

(2012) Wenyuan Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

New Vistas in N-Heterocyclic Silylene (NHSi) Transition-Metal Coordination Chemistry: Syntheses, Structures and Reactivity towards Activation of Small Molecules

(2012) Burgert Blom et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

New Isolable Dialkylsilylene and Its Isolable Dimer That Equilibrate in Solution

(2012) Takashi Abe et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A Stable Two-Coordinate Acyclic Silylene

(2012) Andrey V. Protchenko et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Isolation of a Stable, Acyclic, Two-Coordinate Silylene

(2012) Brian D. Rekken et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Molecular Tailoring: Reaction Path Control with Bulky Substituents

(2012) Tibor Szilvási et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Hydrosilylation of Alkynes by Ni(CO)3-Stabilized Silicon(II) Hydride

(2011) Miriam Stoelzel et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Synthesis of a Phosphine-Stabilized Silicon(II) Hydride and Its Addition to Olefins: A Catalyst-Free Hydrosilylation Reaction

(2011) Ricardo Rodriguez et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Aromatic Ylide-Stabilized Carbocyclic Silylene

(2011) Matthew Asay et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Elegant approach to spacer arranged silagermylene and bis(germylene) compounds

(2011) Sankaranarayana Pillai Sarish et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Efficient generation of stable adducts of Si(ii) dihydride using a donor–acceptor approach

(2011) S. M. Ibrahim Al-Rafia et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Preparation, Characterization, and Theoretical Analysis of Group 14 Element(I) Dimers: A Case Study of Magnesium(I) Compounds as Reducing Agents in Inorganic Synthesis

(2011) Cameron Jones et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

An Ylide-like Phosphasilene and Striking Formation of a 4π-Electron, Resonance-Stabilized 2,4-Disila-1,3-diphosphacyclobutadiene

(2011) Shigeyoshi Inoue et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis of a Stable Disilyne Bisphosphine Adduct and Its Non-Metal-Mediated CO2 Reduction to CO

(2010) David Gau et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Percent buried volume for phosphine and N-heterocyclic carbene ligands: steric properties in organometallic chemistry

(2010) Hervé Clavier et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

N-Heterocyclic Carbene Analogues with Low-Valent Group 13 and Group 14 Elements: Syntheses, Structures, and Reactivities of a New Generation of Multitalented Ligands†

(2010) Matthew Asay et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Hydrosilylation of a Silicon(II) Hydride: Synthesis and Characterization of a Remarkable Silylsilylene

(2010) Shu-Hua Zhang et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Stable N-Heterocyclic Carbene Adducts of Arylchlorosilylenes and Their Germanium Homologues

(2010) Alexander C. Filippou et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Synthesis and Rearrangement of Stable NHC→Silylene Adducts and Their Unique Reactivity towards Cyclohexylisocyanide

(2010) Yun Xiong et al.   Chemistry-An Asian Journal

The mechanism and energetics of insertion reactions of silylenes

(2010) Kinga Nyíri et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Addition of [(η5-C5Me5)IrH4] to a zwitterionic silylene: stepwise formation of iridium(v)-silyl and iridium(iii)-silylene complexes

(2010) Ann-Katrin Jungton et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Steering S−H and N−H Bond Activation by a Stable N-Heterocyclic Silylene: Different Addition of H2S, NH3, and Organoamines on a Silicon(II) Ligand versus Its Si(II)→Ni(CO)3Complex

(2010) Antje Meltzer et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

An Isolable Bis-Silylene Oxide (“Disilylenoxane”) and Its Metal Coordination

(2010) Wenyuan Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Expansion of the Ligand Knowledge Base for Monodentate P-Donor Ligands (LKB-P)†

(2010) Jesús Jover et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Base-Stabilized 1-Silacyclopenta-2,4-dienylidenes

(2010) Yihua Gao et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Lewis Base Stabilized Dichlorosilylene

(2009) Rajendra S. Ghadwal et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

[2,6-(Trip)2H3C6](Cp*)Si: A Stable Monomeric Arylsilicon(II) Compound

(2009) Peter Jutzi et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A Remarkable Base-Stabilized Bis(silylene) with a Silicon(I)-Silicon(I) Bond

(2009) Sakya S. Sen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Pd-PEPPSI-IPent: An Active, Sterically Demanding Cross-Coupling Catalyst and Its Application in the Synthesis of Tetra-Ortho-Substituted Biaryls

(2009) Michael G. Organ et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Stable Heavier Carbene Analogues

(2009) Yoshiyuki Mizuhata et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

SambVca: A Web Application for the Calculation of the Buried Volume of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands

(2009) Albert Poater et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Reactivity of a Disilylene [{PhC(NBut)2}Si]2toward Bromine: Synthesis and Characterization of a Stable Monomeric Bromosilylene

(2009) Hui-Xian Yeong et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Synthesis and reactivity of N-aryl substituted N-heterocyclic silylenes

(2009) P. Zark et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY

Stable Phosphonium Sila-ylide with Reactivity as a Sila-Wittig Reagent

(2009) David Gau et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Diketiminate Silicon(II) and Related NHSi Ligands Generated in the Coordination Sphere of Nickel(0)

(2009) Antje Meltzer et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

An Isolable NHC-Supported Silanone

(2009) Yun Xiong et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

On the Stability of Six-Membered-Ring Carbenes and Silylenes

(2009) Kinga Nyiri et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Dehydrochlorination to Silylenes by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

(2009) Haiyan Cui et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Synthesis and Reactivity of Three New N-Heterocyclic Silylenes

(2008) Adam C. Tomasik et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

A Stable Silicon(0) Compound with a Si=Si Double Bond

(2008) Y. Wang et al.   SCIENCE