Carbon monoxide (CO) is one of the simplest and most fundamental molecules that has fascinated chemists for decades. Early-on, chemists have recognized and exploited its favorable properties as a key ...

A nickel-silylene complex is shown to reversibly activate benzene via C–H bond activation at ambient temperature. The benzene C–H bond formally adds across the Ni–Si core to form a nickel-silyl comple...

Catalytic hydroboration of amides is highly important because the resultant amines are commonly found in natural products, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, dyes, and other applications. In comparison to the conventional reduction of amides using (over)stoichiometric reductants, hydroboration of amides using magnesium compounds represents a green and sustainable approach because magnesium is both Earth abundant and environmentally benign. However, there is only one report on magnesium-catalyzed deoxygenative hydroboration of secondary and tertiary amides. Here, we describe the synthesis and structural authentication of two new magnesium compounds (1 and 2) featuring a flexible PNP ligand and the utilization of 2 as a catalyst for the pinacolborane-mediated reduction of primary, secondary, and tertiary amides to amines. The reaction scope is explored, and a mechanism is proposed based on experimental and theoretical insights.

Compounds containing carbon–boron bonds serve as valuable intermediates for constructing more complex molecules by transforming these bonds into other carbon–element bonds. The catalytic dehydrogenati...

Nucleophilic substitution via selective removal of one chlorine atom of dichlorosila[1]ferrocenophane using various reagents to yield novel sila[1]ferrocenophanes with sterically bulky groups.

This report communicates the first examples of N-heterocyclic imines based on electrophilic diamido carbenes (DACs). While 2 is prepared by classical Staudinger synthesis, 4 is obtained via an unusua...

Fundamental bismuth compounds such as BiCl3 and BiBr(NMe2)2 form simple, colorful adducts with cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbenes. They undergo facile and selective formal X+ and (NMe2)+ transfer from bis...

In recent years, there has been a remarkable surge in the utilization of saturated N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) as ligands in main group chemistry. While the field has predominantly focused on five-...

In our previous paper, we reported that the reaction of a tridentate nacnac ligand with a pendant picolyl group, with KHMDS and MgI2, resulted in the formation of a homoleptic hexacoordinate magnesium...

Reductive coupling of perimidine based N-heterocyclic germylene and 4-iodophenyl isocyanide afforded a highly colored and luminescent bis-spirogerma species with unprecedented simultaneous C−N and C−....

Reductive coupling of perimidine based N-heterocyclic germylene and 4-iodophenyl isocyanide afforded a highly colored and luminescent bis-spirogerma species with unprecedented simultaneous C−N and C−....

The C–F bond activation of perfluoronaphthalene by 5-SIDipp led to the formation of dicationic salts with two fluorides (3·2HF2 ) or heptafluorodiborate (3·2B2F7) as counter-anions. The anion exchange...

N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) have attracted significant attention due to their strong σ-donating capabilities, as well as their transition-metal-like reactivity towards small molecules. However, the...