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DALTON TRANSACTIONS
Volume 41, Issue 2, Pages 337-345Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c1dt11165e
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- National Science Foundation [CHE-0953484]
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While transition metals are well known for assuming the formal oxidation state of zero in various compounds main group elements have rarely engaged in this practice. Recent reports of N-heterocyclic carbene-stabilized main group diatomic allotropes (i.e., Si-2, Ge-2, P-2, As-2) denote a breakthrough of zero-oxidation state main group chemistry. This Perspective addresses the synthesis and characterization of these highly reactive main group molecules, with a particular emphasis on the very recent progress in the reactivity study of carbene-stabilized Si-2 and P-2.
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