Alkaline earths as main group reagents in molecular catalysis

Magnesium-catalysed hydroboration of pyridines: Kinetic analysis and poly-pyridine dearomatisation

(2016) Catherine Weetman et al.   POLYHEDRON

Magnesium-catalysed nitrile hydroboration

(2016) Catherine Weetman et al.   Chemical Science

Barium-Mediated Cross-Dehydrocoupling of Hydrosilanes with Amines: A Theoretical and Experimental Approach

(2015) Clément Bellini et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Beyond Dehydrocoupling: Group 2 Mediated Boron-Nitrogen Desilacoupling

(2015) David J. Liptrot et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Alkaline-Earth-Promoted CO Homologation and Reductive Catalysis

(2015) Mathew D. Anker et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Discrete Magnesium Hydride Aggregates: A Cationic Mg13H18Cluster Stabilized by NNNN-Type Macrocycles

(2015) Daniel Martin et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Alkaline-Earth-Catalyzed Dehydrocoupling of Amines and Boranes

(2015) David J. Liptrot et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Magnesium-catalysed hydroboration of isonitriles

(2015) Catherine Weetman et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

σ-Insertive Mechanism versus Concerted Non-insertive Mechanism in the Intramolecular Hydroamination of Aminoalkenes Catalyzed by Phenoxyamine Magnesium Complexes: A Synthetic and Computational Study

(2015) Xiaoming Zhang et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Computational Mechanistic Elucidation of the Intramolecular Aminoalkene Hydroamination Catalysed by Iminoanilide Alkaline-Earth Compounds

(2015) Sven Tobisch   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Formation and Reactivity of a Molecular Magnesium Hydride with a Terminal MgH Bond

(2015) Silvia Schnitzler et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Group 2 Catalysis for the Atom-Efficient Synthesis of Imidazolidine and Thiazolidine Derivatives

(2015) Merle Arrowsmith et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Formation of a Cationic Calcium Hydride Cluster with a “Naked” Triphenylsilyl Anion by Hydrogenolysis of Bis(triphenylsilyl)calcium

(2015) Valeri Leich et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Activation of CO by Hydrogenated Magnesium(I) Dimers: Sterically Controlled Formation of Ethenediolate and Cyclopropanetriolate Complexes

(2015) Ralte Lalrempuia et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Frustrated Lewis Pairs

(2015) Douglas W. Stephan   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Magnesium-catalyzed hydrosilylation of α,β-unsaturated esters

(2015) Nicole L. Lampland et al.   Chemical Science

Magnesium-Catalyzed Mild Reduction of Tertiary and Secondary Amides to Amines

(2015) Nicole L. Lampland et al.   ACS Catalysis

Accessing the Single-Electron Manifold: Magnesium-mediated Hydrogen Release from Silanes

(2014) David J. Liptrot et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Early Main Group Metal Catalysis: How Important is the Metal?

(2014) Johanne Penafiel et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Hydrosilylation catalysis by an earth alkaline metal silyl: synthesis, characterization, and reactivity of bis(triphenylsilyl)calcium

(2014) Valeri Leich et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Alkaline earth catalysis for the 100% atom-efficient three component assembly of imidazolidin-2-ones

(2014) Merle Arrowsmith et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Catalytic bond forming reactions promoted by amidinate, guanidinate and phosphaguanidinate compounds of magnesium

(2014) Ryan J. Schwamm et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Catalytic hydroacetylenation of carbodiimides with homoleptic alkaline earth hexamethyldisilazides

(2014) Merle Arrowsmith et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Catalytic C–N bond formation in guanylation reaction by N-heterocyclic carbene supported magnesium(II) and zinc(II) amide complexes

(2014) Ashim Baishya et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY

Multinuclear Magnesium Hydride Clusters: Selective Reduction and Catalytic Hydroboration of Pyridines

(2014) Julia Intemann et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Selective reduction of CO2 to a methanol equivalent by B(C6F5)3-activated alkaline earth catalysis

(2014) Mathew D. Anker et al.   Chemical Science

A Magnesium-Mediated Cascade Assembly for the Atom-Economical Synthesis of Bis(imidazolidine-2,4-dione)s

(2013) Michael S. Hill et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Bespoke synthesis of unsymmetrical diaminoboranes by alkaline earth catalysis

(2013) Peter Bellham et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Developing catalytic applications of cooperative bimetallics: competitive hydroamination/trimerization reactions of isocyanates catalysed by sodium magnesiates

(2013) Alberto Hernán-Gómez et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Magnesium Catalysis of Imine Hydroboration

(2013) Merle Arrowsmith et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Well-Defined Molecular Magnesium Hydride Clusters: Relationship between Size and Hydrogen-Elimination Temperature

(2013) Julia Intemann et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Cyclohydroamination of Aminoalkenes Catalyzed by Disilazide Alkaline-Earth Metal Complexes: Reactivity Patterns and Deactivation Pathways

(2013) Bo Liu et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Calcium-Based Lewis Acid Catalysts

(2013) Jeanne-Marie Begouin et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Reactivity Models of Hydrogen Activation by Frustrated Lewis Pairs: Synergistic Electron Transfers or Polarization by Electric Field?

(2013) Tibor András Rokob et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Unconventional isomerization of allylic alcohols to allylcarbinols mediated by lanthanide catalysts

(2013) SungYong Seo et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Hetero-dehydrocoupling of silanes and amines by heavier alkaline earth catalysis

(2013) Michael S. Hill et al.   Chemical Science

Isomeric and chemical consequences of the direct magnesiation of 1,3-benzoazoles using β-diketiminate-stabilized magnesium bases

(2013) Sharon E. Baillie et al.   Chemical Science

Decamethylscandocinium-hydrido-(perfluorophenyl)borate: fixation and tandem tris(perfluorophenyl)borane catalysed deoxygenative hydrosilation of carbon dioxide

(2013) Andreas Berkefeld et al.   Chemical Science

Magnesium-catalyzed hydroboration of esters: evidence for a new zwitterionic mechanism

(2013) Debabrata Mukherjee et al.   Chemical Science

A Cationic Calcium Hydride Cluster Stabilized by Cyclen-Derived Macrocyclic N,N,N,N Ligands

(2012) Phillip Jochmann et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

When Bigger Is Better: Intermolecular Hydrofunctionalizations of Activated Alkenes Catalyzed by Heteroleptic Alkaline Earth Complexes

(2012) Bo Liu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Redox-Active Ligands in Catalysis

(2012) Vijayendran K. K. Praneeth et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Molecular early main group metal hydrides: synthetic challenge, structures and applications

(2012) Sjoerd Harder   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Magnesium-catalysed hydroboration of aldehydes and ketones

(2012) Merle Arrowsmith et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Highly Effective Alkaline Earth Catalysts for the Sterically Governed Hydrophosphonylation of Aldehydes and Nonactivated Ketones

(2012) Bo Liu et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Alkaline earth alkyl insertion chemistry of in situ generated aminoboranes

(2012) Peter Bellham et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

New Routes to Soluble Magnesium Amidoborane Complexes

(2012) Cameron Jones et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

A Stable Two-Coordinate Acyclic Silylene

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

Carbostannolysis Mediated by Bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)lanthanide Catalysts. Utility in Accessing Organotin Synthons

(2012) Stephen D. Wobser et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Hydrogen Storage in Magnesium Hydride: The Molecular Approach

(2011) Sjoerd Harder et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Alkylstrontium diamidoboranes: β-hydride elimination and Sr–C insertion

(2011) Peter Bellham et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Does a Concerted Non-Insertive Mechanism Prevail over a σ-Insertive Mechanism in Catalytic Cyclohydroamination by Magnesium Tris(oxazolinyl)phenylborate Compounds? A Computational Study

(2011) Sven Tobisch   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Stoichiometric reactivity of dialkylamine boranes with alkaline earth silylamides

(2011) Michael S. Hill et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Binuclear magnesium amidoborane complexes: characterization of a trinuclear thermal decomposition product

(2011) Jan Spielmann et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Modular ligand variation in calcium bisimidazoline complexes: effects on ligand redistribution and hydroamination catalysis

(2011) James S. Wixey et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Calcium-mediated hydroboration of alkenes: “Trojan horse” or “true” catalysis?

(2011) Sjoerd Harder et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY

Tris(oxazolinyl)boratomagnesium-Catalyzed Cross-Dehydrocoupling of Organosilanes with Amines, Hydrazine, and Ammonia

(2011) James F. Dunne et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Heavier Alkaline Earth Catalysts for the Intermolecular Hydroamination of Vinylarenes, Dienes, and Alkynes

(2011) Christine Brinkmann et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Cation Charge Density and Precatalyst Selection in Group 2-Catalyzed Aminoalkene Hydroamination

(2011) Merle Arrowsmith et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Suppression of Schlenk Equilibration and Heavier Alkaline Earth Alkyl Catalysis: A Dearomatization Strategy

(2011) Merle Arrowsmith et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Magnesium-Catalyzed Hydroboration of Pyridines

(2011) Merle Arrowsmith et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Calcium-centred phosphine oxide reactivity: P–C metathesis, reduction and P–P coupling

(2010) Michael S. Hill et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Group 3-centred dehydrocoupling of Me2NH·BH3

(2010) Michael S. Hill et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Thermal Decomposition of Mono- and Bimetallic Magnesium Amidoborane Complexes

(2010) Jan Spielmann et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Lanthanide-Catalyst-Mediated Tandem Double Intramolecular Hydroalkoxylation/Cyclization of Dialkynyl Dialcohols: Scope and Mechanism

(2010) SungYong Seo et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Group 2 Promoted Hydrogen Release from NMe2H⋅BH3: Intermediates and Catalysis

(2010) David J. Liptrot et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Carbodiimide insertion reactions of homoleptic heavier alkaline earth amides and phosphides

(2010) Anthony G. M. Barrett et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Organo-f-element catalysts for efficient and highly selective hydroalkoxylation and hydrothiolation

(2010) Charles J. Weiss et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Concerted C−N and C−H Bond Formation in a Magnesium-Catalyzed Hydroamination

(2010) James F. Dunne et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Dearomatization and C−H Deprotonation with Heavier Group 2 Alkyls: Does Size Matter?

(2010) Merle Arrowsmith et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Lanthanide- and Actinide-Mediated Terminal Alkyne Hydrothiolation for the Catalytic Synthesis of Markovnikov Vinyl Sulfides

(2010) Charles J. Weiss et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

A Hydride-Rich Magnesium Cluster

(2009) Merle Arrowsmith et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Synthesis and structure of a magnesium–amidoborane complex and its role in catalytic formation of a new bis-aminoborane ligand

(2009) Jan Spielmann et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

β-Diketiminate-Stabilized Magnesium(I) Dimers and Magnesium(II) Hydride Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, Adduct Formation, and Reactivity Studies

(2009) Simon J. Bonyhady et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

β-Diketiminato Calcium and Magnesium Amides; Model Complexes for Hydroamination Catalysis

(2009) Anthony G. M. Barrett et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Hydrogen Elimination in Bulky Calcium Amidoborane Complexes: Isolation of a Calcium Borylamide Complex

(2009) Jan Spielmann et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Heavier Group 2 Metals and Intermolecular Hydroamination: A Computational and Synthetic Assessment

(2009) Anthony G. M. Barrett et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Intramolecular Hydroamination of Aminoalkenes by Calcium and Magnesium Complexes: A Synthetic and Mechanistic Study

(2009) Mark R. Crimmin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Stable “Inverse” Sandwich Complex with Unprecedented Organocalcium(I): Crystal Structures of [(thf)2Mg(Br)-C6H2-2,4,6-Ph3] and [(thf)3Ca{μ-C6H3-1,3,5-Ph3}Ca(thf)3]

(2009) Sven Krieck et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Efficient Intramolecular Hydroalkoxylation/Cyclization of Unactivated Alkenols Mediated by Lanthanide Triflate Ionic Liquids

(2009) Alma Dzudza et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Calcium Amidoborane Hydrogen Storage Materials: Crystal Structures of Decomposition Products

(2008) Jan Spielmann et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Molecular Magnesium(I) Compounds: From Curiosity to Kudos

(2008) Matthias Westerhausen   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Stable Adducts of a Dimeric Magnesium(I) Compound

(2008) Shaun P. Green et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Heavier group 2 element-catalysed hydroamination of isocyanates

(2008) Anthony G. M. Barrett et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl Derivatives of Calcium, Strontium and Barium: Potentially Useful Dialkyls of the Heavy Alkaline Earth Elements

(2008) Mark R. Crimmin et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Reduction of Ketones with Hydrocarbon-Soluble Calcium Hydride: Stoichiometric Reactions and Catalytic Hydrosilylation

(2008) Jan Spielmann et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Heavier Group-2-Element Catalyzed Hydroamination of Carbodiimides

(2008) Jennifer R. Lachs et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

A Reactivity Change of a Strontium Monohydroxide by Umpolung to an Acid

(2008) Sankaranarayanapillai Sarish et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Triazenide Complexes of the Heavier Alkaline Earths: Synthesis, Characterization, And Suitability for Hydroamination Catalysis

(2008) Anthony G. M. Barrett et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Calcium-mediated hydrophosphination of diphenylethyne and diphenylbutadiyne as well as crystal structure of 1,4-diphenyl-1,4-bis(diphenylphosphanyl)buta-1,3-diene

(2008) Tareq M.A. Al-Shboul et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS

Lanthanide Triflate-Catalyzed Arene Acylation. Relation to Classical Friedel–Crafts Acylation

(2008) Alma Dzudza et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Intramolecular Hydroalkoxylation/Cyclization of Alkynyl Alcohols Mediated by Lanthanide Catalysts. Scope and Reaction Mechanism

(2008) SungYong Seo et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Heavier Group 2 Element Catalyzed Hydrophosphination of Carbodiimides

(2008) Mark R. Crimmin et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

β-Diketiminato Calcium Acetylides: Synthesis, Solution Dimerization, and Catalytic Carbon−Carbon Bond Formation

(2008) Anthony G. M. Barrett et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

A New Scorpionate Ligand: Tris(4,4-dimethyl-2-oxazolinyl)borate and Its Zirconium(IV) Complexes

(2008) James F. Dunne et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Aminotroponiminate Complexes of the Heavy Alkaline Earth and the Divalent Lanthanide Metals as Catalysts for the Hydroamination/Cyclization Reaction

(2008) Simmi Datta et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS