Activation of Small Molecules on Al(I) and Ga(I) Carbenoids: From Bond Cleavage to Coupling Reactions

Activation of small molecules by low-valent main group compounds is a hot topic, of which the bond cleavage by carbenoids, electronic analogues of carbene, is the most common. The NacNac-supported Al(I) and Ga(I) compounds NacNacM have been in the focus of several groups, including ours. In this talk we shall review the results of the past decade of research and highlight the increasing complication of reactivity, progressing from bond activation to multicomponent reactions and coupling.

Distinctions:

1. Member of the Advisory Board of ChemistrySelect (Wiley-VCH) since January 1, 2016.

2. Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), since October 31, 2014.

3. Member of the Advisory Board of Organometallics (ACS), January 1, 2013-December 31, 2015.

4. Member of the Advisory Board of Dalton Transactions (RSC), since January 1, 2012.