N-heterocyclic carbenes (L:), as versatile ligands, have been well known for their extensive applications in organic and transition-metal homogeneous catalysis. The recent application of N-heterocyclic carbenes in low oxidation state main group chemistry has been resulting in the production of many unusual main group molecules. With using the carbene stabilization strategy, this group has synthesized a number of interesting compounds including the first neutral diborenes containing a B=B double bond [L:(H)B=B(H):L] and a series of carbene-stabilized diatomic molecules [i.e., L:EE:L (E = Si, P, As]. This presentation will discuss our recent efforts in the reactivity study of these novel molecules.

Reactivity study of carbene-stabilized diatomic molecules

247th National Meeting (2014)

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