25 years of N-heterocyclic carbenes: activation of both main-group element–element bonds and NHCs themselves

From Silylone to an Isolable Monomeric Silicon Disulfide Complex

(2015) Yun Xiong et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Reductive Insertion of Elemental Chalcogens into Boron-Boron Multiple Bonds

(2015) Holger Braunschweig et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

SiP Double Bonds: Experimental and Theoretical Study of an NHC-Stabilized Phosphasilenylidene

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

SiSi Double Bonds: Synthesis of an NHC-Stabilized Disilavinylidene

(2015) Priyabrata Ghana et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry: Development and Perspectives

(2015) Douglas W. Stephan et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

The reductive P–P coupling of primary and secondary phosphines mediated by N-heterocyclic carbenes

(2015) Heidi Schneider et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Isolation of a Lewis base stabilized parent phosphenium (PH2+) and related species

(2015) Liu Liu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Dimeric platinum–stannylene complexes by twofold ligand transfer from an NHC adduct to an organotin(ii) hydride

(2015) Christian P. Sindlinger et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

“Decarbonization” of an imino-N-heterocyclic carbene ligand via triple benzyl migration from hafnium

(2015) Dipesh Prema et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

sp2–sp3 diboranes: astounding structural variability and mild sources of nucleophilic boron for organic synthesis

(2015) Rian D. Dewhurst et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Room Temperature Ring Expansion of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes and BB Bond Cleavage of Diboron(4) Compounds

(2015) Sabrina Pietsch et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

One-Electron Oxidation of a Disilicon(0) Compound: An Experimental and Theoretical Study of [Si2]+Trapped by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

(2015) Marius I. Arz et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of Anionic sp2-sp3Diboron Compounds: Readily Accessible Boryl Nucleophiles

(2015) Sabrina Pietsch et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Effects of the electronic structure of five-membered N-heterocyclic carbenes on insertion of silanes and boranes into the NHC C–N bond

(2015) Kalon J. Iversen et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

1,1/1,2 Isomerisation in Lewis base adducts of B2cat2

(2015) I. A. Cade et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Mechanism of NHC-Catalyzed Conjugate Additions of Diboron and Borosilane Reagents to α,β-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds

(2015) Hao Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Experimental Assessment of the Strengths of B–B Triple Bonds

(2015) Julian Böhnke et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Reversible 1,2-Alkyl Migration to Carbene and Ammonia Activation in an N-Heterocyclic Carbene–Zirconium Complex

(2015) Emmanuelle Despagnet-Ayoub et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Frustrated Lewis Pairs

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

From NHC to Imidazolyl Ligand: Synthesis of Platinum and Palladium Complexes d10-[M(NHC)2] (M = Pd, Pt) of the NHC 1,3-Diisopropylimidazolin-2-ylidene

(2015) Florian Hering et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Activation of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes by {BeH2} and {Be(H)(Me)} Fragments

(2015) Merle Arrowsmith et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Organocatalytic functionalisation through boron chemistry

(2015) Gerard Palau-Lluch et al.   PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY

The boron–boron triple bond in NHC→BB←NHC

(2015) Nicole Holzmann et al.   Chemical Science

Bite-angle bending as a key for understanding group-10 metal reactivity of d10-[M(NHC)2] complexes with sterically modest NHC ligands

(2015) Florian Hering et al.   Chemical Science

Spying on the boron–boron triple bond using spin–spin coupling measured from 11B solid-state NMR spectroscopy

(2015) Frédéric A. Perras et al.   Chemical Science

The boron–boron triple bond? A thermodynamic and force field based interpretation of the N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) stabilization procedure

(2015) R. Köppe et al.   Chemical Science

Cyclic (Alkyl)(Amino)Carbenes (CAACs): Stable Carbenes on the Rise

(2014) Michèle Soleilhavoup et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Frustrated Lewis Pairs: From Concept to Catalysis

(2014) Douglas W. Stephan   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Activation of Esters: A New Option for Asymmetric Domino Reactions

(2014) Pankaj Chauhan et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

One-, Two-, and Three-Electron Reduction of a Cyclic Alkyl(amino)carbene-SbCl3Adduct

(2014) Robert Kretschmer et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Coupling of an N-Heterocyclic Carbene on Iron with Alkynes to Form η5-Cyclopentadienyl-Diimine Ligands

(2014) Tsubasa Hatanaka et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Experimental Charge Density Study of a Silylone

(2014) Benedikt Niepötter et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Isolation of a Bis(oxazol-2-ylidene)-Phenylborylene Adduct and its Reactivity as a Boron-Centered Nucleophile

(2014) Lingbing Kong et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Diborabutatriene: An Electron-Deficient Cumulene

(2014) Julian Böhnke et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Zinc-Catalyzed Borylation of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Alkyl Halides with Alkoxy Diboron Reagents at Room Temperature

(2014) Shubhankar Kumar Bose et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

An efficient synthetic route to stable bis(carbene)borylenes [(L1)(L2)BH]

(2014) David A. Ruiz et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Intramolecular CN Bond Activation and Ring-Expansion Reactions of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

(2014) Patrick Hemberger et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Carbene-9-BBN Ring Expansions as a Route to Intramolecular Frustrated Lewis Pairs for CO2Reduction

(2014) Tongen Wang et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

[2+2+1] Cycloadditions of Bis(dialkylamino)acetylenes with SiI2(Idip): Syntheses and Reactivity Studies of Unprecedented 2,3,4,5-Tetraamino-1 H-siloles

(2014) Yury N. Lebedev et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

A Facile Route to Backbone-Tethered N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) Ligands via NHC to aNHC Rearrangement in NHC Silicon Halide Adducts

(2014) Heidi Schneider et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Systematic Investigation of the Ring-Expansion Reaction of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes with an Iminoborane Dihydride

(2014) Daniel Franz et al.   Chemistry-An Asian Journal

N-heterocyclic carbene supported heavier group 14 elements: Recent progress and challenges

(2014) Ganesan Prabusankar et al.   COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Si–H bond activation at {(NHC)2Ni0} leading to hydrido silyl and bis(silyl) complexes: a versatile tool for catalytic Si–H/D exchange, acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling of hydrosilanes, and hydrogenation of disilanes to hydrosilanes

(2014) David Schmidt et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Activation of the C–N bond of N-heterocyclic carbenes by inorganic elements

(2014) Kalon J. Iversen et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Donor–acceptor chemistry in the main group

(2014) Eric Rivard   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Mechanistic Investigations on E–N Bond-Breaking and Ring Expansion for N-Heterocyclic Carbene Analogues Containing the Group 14 Elements (E)

(2014) Ming-Der Su   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Carbene Rearrangements in Three-Coordinate N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Cobalt(II) Bis(trimethylsilyl)amide

(2014) Benjamin M. Day et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

One-Electron-Mediated Rearrangements of 2,3-Disiladicarbene

(2014) Kartik Chandra Mondal et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

An overview of N-heterocyclic carbenes

(2014) Matthew N. Hopkinson et al.   NATURE

Boron–Boron Multiple Bonding: From Charged to Neutral and Back Again

(2014) Holger Braunschweig et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Ring-opening and double-metallation reactions of the N-Heterocyclic carbene ligand in Cp ∗ (IXy)Ru (IXy = 1,3-bis(2,6-dimethylphenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene) complexes. Access to an anionic fischer-type carbene complex of ruthenium

(2014) Hsueh-Ju Liu et al.   POLYHEDRON

Hydrogen abstraction from organotin di- and trihydrides by N-heterocyclic carbenes: a new method for the preparation of NHC adducts to tin(ii) species and observation of an isomer of a hexastannabenzene derivative [R6Sn6]

(2014) Christian P. Sindlinger et al.   Chemical Science

Silicon(II) Coordination Chemistry: N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Si2+and SiI+

(2013) Alexander C. Filippou et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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

Single, Double, Triple Bonds and Chains: The Formation of Electron-Precise BB Bonds

(2013) Holger Braunschweig et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Carbonylation of the simplest persistent diaminocarbene

(2013) Tim Schulz et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

NHC to aNHC rearrangement by an organotin sulphide cation

(2013) Michael Wagner et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Unimolecular Reaction Mechanism of an Imidazolin-2-ylidene: An iPEPICO Study on the Complex Dissociation of an Arduengo-Type Carbene

(2013) Patrick Hemberger et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Comparative Study of Phosphine and N-Heterocyclic Carbene Stabilized Group 13 Adducts [L(EH3)] and [L2(E2Hn)]

(2013) Nicole Holzmann et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

A theoretical study on the ring expansion of NHCs by silanes

(2013) Kalon J. Iversen et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

On the Reactivity of Silylboranes toward Lewis Bases: Heterolytic B-Si Cleavage vs. Adduct Formation

(2013) Christian Kleeberg et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Easy Access to Silicon(0) and Silicon(II) Compounds

(2013) Kartik Chandra Mondal et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Normal-to-Abnormal Rearrangement and NHC Activation in Three-Coordinate Iron(II) Carbene Complexes

(2013) Benjamin M. Day et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Group 4 Transition-Metal Complexes of an Aniline–Carbene–Phenol Ligand

(2013) Emmanuelle Despagnet-Ayoub et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Mechanism and Regioselectivity of C–N Bond Cleavage and Ring Expansion of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

(2013) Ran Fang et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Comparison of the Mechanism of Borane, Silane, and Beryllium Hydride Ring Insertion into N-Heterocyclic Carbene C–N Bonds: A Computational Study

(2013) Kalon J. Iversen et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Carbene-Bound Borane and Silane Adducts: A Comprehensive DFT Study on Their Stability and Propensity for Hydride-Mediated Ring Expansion

(2013) Mohammad R. Momeni et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Dichlorosilylene: A High Temperature Transient Species to an Indispensable Building Block

(2012) Rajendra S. Ghadwal et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

The Parent Borylene: Betwixt and Between

(2012) Dennis P. Curran et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

CN Bond Cleavage and Ring Expansion of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes using Hydrosilanes

(2012) David Schmidt et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Beryllium-Induced CN Bond Activation and Ring Opening of an N-Heterocyclic Carbene

(2012) Merle Arrowsmith et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Potassium tert-butoxide-mediated regioselective silaboration of aromatic alkenes

(2012) Hajime Ito et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

An N-heterocyclic carbene adduct of diatomic tin, :SnSn:

(2012) Cameron Jones et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Trivalent boron nucleophile as a new tool in organic synthesis: reactivity and asymmetric induction

(2012) Jessica Cid et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

One-Pot Three-Component Highly Selective Synthesis of Homoallylboronates by Using Metal-Free Catalysis

(2012) Ismail Ibrahem et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Preparation of Stable Low-Oxidation-State Group 14 Element Amidohydrides and Hydride-Mediated Ring-Expansion Chemistry of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

(2012) S. M. Ibrahim Al-Rafia et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Formation of Cyclometallated N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) Complexes from LnRuCl2 (L = Cyclooctadiene, PPh3, DMSO) Precursors

(2012) Nicola Bramananthan et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Are N-Heterocyclic Carbenes “Better” Ligands than Phosphines in Main Group Chemistry? A Theoretical Case Study of Ligand-Stabilized E2 Molecules, L-E-E-L (L = NHC, phosphine; E = C, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, N, P, As, Sb, Bi)

(2012) David J. D. Wilson et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Chemistry of low valent silicon

(2012) Herbert W. Roesky   JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY

Metal-Free Catalytic Enantioselective C–B Bond Formation: (Pinacolato)boron Conjugate Additions to α,β-Unsaturated Ketones, Esters, Weinreb Amides, and Aldehydes Promoted by Chiral N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

(2012) Hao Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Anomalous Reactivity of Silylborane: Transition-Metal-Free Boryl Substitution of Aryl, Alkenyl, and Alkyl Halides with Silylborane/Alkoxy Base Systems

(2012) Eiji Yamamoto et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Activation of Hydrogen and Hydrogenation Catalysis by a Borenium Cation

(2012) Jeffrey M. Farrell et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

One-Pot Synthesis of α-Amino Acids from CO2 Using a Bismetal Reagent with Si–B Bond

(2012) Tsuyoshi Mita et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Decisive Steps of the Hydrodefluorination of Fluoroaromatics using [Ni(NHC)2]

(2012) Peter Fischer et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Frustrated Lewis pairs: Some recent developments

(2012) Gerhard Erker   PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY

Ambient-Temperature Isolation of a Compound with a Boron-Boron Triple Bond

(2012) H. Braunschweig et al.   SCIENCE

A Boron-Boron Triple Bond

(2012) G. Frenking et al.   SCIENCE

Sulfur and Selenium Activation by Frustrated NHC/B(C6F5)3 Lewis Pairs; Conformational Flexibility of Products

(2012) D. Holschumacher et al.   ZEITSCHRIFT FUR NATURFORSCHUNG SECTION B-A JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES

Extending NHC-Catalysis: Coupling Aldehydes with Unconventional Reaction Partners

(2011) Akkattu T. Biju et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Trapping the Elusive Parent Borylene

(2011) Philipp Bissinger et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Reversible Insertion of 1,3-Di-tert-butylimidazol-2-ylidene into a RuH Bond and Bimetallic Activation of a NC Bond of Imidazoline

(2011) Atsushi Kaiho et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Transition-Metal-Free Diboration Reaction by Activation of Diboron Compounds with Simple Lewis Bases

(2011) Amadeu Bonet et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Yes They Can: Small-molecule Activation with Stable Diaminocarbenes

(2011) Ulrich Siemeling   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Structures and Stabilities of Group 13 Adducts [(NHC)(EX3)] and [(NHC)2(E2Xn)] (E=B to In; X=H, Cl; n=4, 2, 0; NHC=N-Heterocyclic Carbene) and the Search for Hydrogen Storage Systems: A Theoretical Study

(2011) Nicole Holzmann et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Imidazole to NHC Rearrangements at Molybdenum Centers: An Experimental and Theoretical Study

(2011) Marcel Brill et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Activation of Diboron Reagents with Brønsted Bases and Alcohols: An Experimental and Theoretical Perspective of the Organocatalytic Boron Conjugate Addition Reaction

(2011) Cristina Pubill-Ulldemolins  et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

ChromiumSilicon Multiple Bonds: The Chemistry of Terminal N-Heterocyclic-Carbene-Stabilized Halosilylidyne Ligands

(2011) Alexander C. Filippou et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Si–H Activation of hydrosilanes leading to hydrido silyl and bis(silyl) nickel complexes

(2011) Thomas Zell et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Silylation of N-heterocyclic carbene with aminochlorosilane and -disilane: dehydrohalogenation vs. Si–Si bond cleavage

(2011) Haiyan Cui et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Carbene-stabilized main group diatomic allotropes

(2011) Yuzhong Wang et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Stepwise synthesis of a hydrido, N-heterocyclic dicarbene iridium(iii) pincer complex featuring mixed NHC/abnormal NHC ligands

(2011) Weiwei Zuo et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Multiple Boron−Boron Bonds in Neutral Molecules: An Insight from the Extended Transition State Method and the Natural Orbitals for Chemical Valence Scheme

(2011) Mariusz P. Mitoraj et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Carbene Stabilization of Highly Reactive Main-Group Molecules

(2011) Yuzhong Wang et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Spectroscopic and Structural Characterization of the CyNHC Adduct of B2pin2 in Solution and in the Solid State

(2011) Christian Kleeberg et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Structure and Reactivity of a Preactivated sp2–sp3Diboron Reagent: Catalytic Regioselective Boration of α,β-Unsaturated Conjugated Compounds

(2011) Ming Gao et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Electron Paramagnetic Resonance and Computational Studies of Radicals Derived from Boron-Substituted N-Heterocyclic Carbene Boranes

(2011) John C. Walton et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Metal-Free Catalytic C–Si Bond Formation in an Aqueous Medium. Enantioselective NHC-Catalyzed Silyl Conjugate Additions to Cyclic and Acyclic α,β-Unsaturated Carbonyls

(2011) Jeannette M. O’Brien et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Generation of a Carbene-Stabilized Bora-borylene and its Insertion into a C–H Bond

(2011) Philipp Bissinger et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of Organo-Iron(II) Complexes with N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligation

(2011) Li Xiang et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Synthesis and Characterization of a Neutral Tricoordinate Organoboron Isoelectronic with Amines

(2011) R. Kinjo et al.   SCIENCE

PP, a Laboratory Reagent?

(2010) Christopher A. Russell   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Stable Cyclic Carbenes and Related Species beyond Diaminocarbenes

(2010) Mohand Melaimi et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Metal-Free Catalytic Boration at the β-Position of α,β-Unsaturated Compounds: A Challenging Asymmetric Induction

(2010) Amadeu Bonet et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

The Mechanism of Dihydrogen Activation by Frustrated Lewis Pairs Revisited

(2010) Stefan Grimme et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Activation of SiH, BH, and PH Bonds at a Single Nonmetal Center

(2010) Guido D. Frey et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Regio- and stereoselective copper-catalyzed β-borylation of allenoates by a preactivated diboron

(2010) Steven B. Thorpe 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

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

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

Selective heterolytic P–P bond cleavage of white phosphorus by a frustrated carbene-borane Lewis pair

(2010) Dirk Holschumacher et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Neutral and Cationic Hydridoruthenium Tetrakiscarbene Complexes

(2010) Robert Wolf et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Synthesis and Characterization of Tetrakis(carbene)ruthenium(II) Complexes Featuring an [Ru(NHC)4]2+ Core

(2010) Max Würtemberger et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Efficient C−B Bond Formation Promoted by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Synthesis of Tertiary and Quaternary B-Substituted Carbons through Metal-Free Catalytic Boron Conjugate Additions to Cyclic and Acyclic α,β-Unsaturated Carbonyls

(2010) Kang-sang Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Experimental and Computational Investigation of C−N Bond Activation in Ruthenium N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes

(2010) L. Jonas L. Häller et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Hydrolysis of Imidazole-2-ylidenes

(2010) Oldamur Hollóczki et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis of a stable adduct of dialane(4) (Al2H4) via hydrogenation of a magnesium(I) dimer

(2010) Simon J. Bonyhady et al.   Nature Chemistry

The Zirconium Benzyl Mediated C−N Bond Cleavage of an Amino-Linked N-Heterocyclic Carbene

(2010) Yu-Cheng Hu et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

N-heterocyclic carbenes which readily add ammonia, carbon monoxide and other small molecules,

(2010) Ulrich Siemeling et al.   Chemical Science

Stable singlet carbenes as mimics for transition metal centers

(2010) David Martin et al.   Chemical Science

Non-Metal-Mediated Homogeneous Hydrogenation of CO2 to CH3OH

(2009) Andrew E. Ashley et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

SiBr2(Idipp): A Stable N-Heterocyclic Carbene Adduct of Dibromosilylene

(2009) Alexander C. Filippou et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Lewis Base Stabilized Dichlorosilylene

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

Nonmetal-Mediated Fragmentation of P4: Isolation of P1and P2Bis(carbene) Adducts

(2009) Olivier Back et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

N-Heterocyclic Carbene Stabilized Digermanium(0)

(2009) Anastas Sidiropoulos et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Reversible Metal-Free Carbon Dioxide Binding by Frustrated Lewis Pairs

(2009) Cornelia M. Mömming et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Unique homonuclear multiple bonding in main group compounds

(2009) Yuzhong Wang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Stable Noncyclic Singlet Carbenes

(2009) Joan Vignolle et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Complexes with Poly(N-heterocyclic carbene) Ligands: Structural Features and Catalytic Applications

(2009) Macarena Poyatos et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Late Transition Metal Catalysis

(2009) Silvia Díez-González et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Beyond ConventionalN-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Abnormal, Remote, and Other Classes of NHC Ligands with Reduced Heteroatom Stabilization

(2009) Oliver Schuster et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Divalent Silicon(0) Compounds

(2009) Nozomi Takagi et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Divalent E(0) Compounds (E=Si-Sn)

(2009) Nozomi Takagi et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Carbene Stabilization of Diarsenic: From Hypervalency to Allotropy

(2009) Mariham Y. Abraham et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Facile C–S, S–H, and S–S bond cleavage using a nickel(0) NHC complex

(2009) Thomas Schaub et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Asymmetric induction on β-boration of α,β-unsaturated compounds: an inexpensive approach

(2009) Vanesa Lillo et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Dehydrogenation reactivity of a frustrated carbene–borane Lewis pair

(2009) Dirk Holschumacher et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Frustrated Lewis pairs derived from N-heterocyclic carbenes and Lewis acids

(2009) Preston A. Chase et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Elimination of an Alkyl Group from Imidazolium Salts: Imidazole-Coordinated Dinuclear Monodentate NHC-Palladium Complexes Driven by Self-Assembly and Their Application in the Heck Reaction

(2009) Lian-jun Liu et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Ligand-Promoted Carbene Insertion into the Aryl Substituent of anN-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand in Ruthenium-Based Metathesis Catalysts

(2009) Brandon R. Galan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Noninnocent Behavior of Ancillary Ligands: Apparent Trans Coupling of a Saturated N-Heterocyclic Carbene Unit with an Ethyl Ligand Mediated by Nickel

(2009) Tobias Steinke et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Efficient C−B Bond Formation Promoted by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Synthesis of Tertiary and Quaternary B-Substituted Carbons through Metal-Free Catalytic Boron Conjugate Additions to Cyclic and Acyclic α,β-Unsaturated Carbonyls

(2009) Kang-sang Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

sp2−sp3Hybridized Mixed Diboron: Synthesis, Characterization, and Copper-Catalyzed β-Boration of α,β-Unsaturated Conjugated Compounds

(2009) Ming Gao et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

From anN-Methyl N-Heterocyclic Carbene to Carbyne and Carbide Ligands via Multiple CH and CN Bond Activations

(2008) Javier A. Cabeza et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Hydrogen and Amine Activation by a Frustrated Lewis Pair of a Bulky N-Heterocyclic Carbene and B(C6F5)3

(2008) Preston A. Chase et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Heterolytic Dihydrogen Activation by a Frustrated Carbene-Borane Lewis Pair

(2008) Dirk Holschumacher et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Heterocyclic Carbenes: Synthesis and Coordination Chemistry

(2008) F. Ekkehardt Hahn et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Recent advances in carbon–carbon bond-forming reactions involving homoenolates generated by NHC catalysis

(2008) Vijay Nair et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

‘Pincer’ pyridine dicarbene complexes of nickel and their derivatives. Unusual ring opening of a coordinated imidazol-2-ylidene

(2008) David Pugh et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Ag(I) and Pd(II) complexes of a 1,3-dibenzhydryl substituted benzannulated N-heterocyclic carbene: Unexpected rearrangement, structures and catalytic studies

(2008) Yuan Han et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY

Planar, Twisted, and Trans-Bent:  Conformational Flexibility of Neutral Diborenes

(2008) Yuzhong Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Pyridine Ring Opening at Room Temperature at a Rhenium Tricarbonyl Bipyridine Complex

(2008) Miguel A. Huertos et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Carbene-Stabilized Diphosphorus

(2008) Yuzhong Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

C−H Bond Activation of Heteroarenes Mediated by a Half-Sandwich Iron Complex of N-Heterocyclic Carbene

(2008) Yasuhiro Ohki et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

(2008) Y. Wang et al.   SCIENCE