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Reactivity of Low-Coordinate Group 14 Element(II) Hydride Complexes

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On the Catalytic Efficacy of Low-Oxidation State Group 14 Complexes

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The addition of element-hydrogen bonds across unsaturations (i.e. hydroelementation) is of paramount importance in organic synthesis. The application of group 14 element-hydrogen (E–H) bonds in this regard, however, has largely relied upon transition-metal (TM) catalysts or radical mechanisms. Recent developments in the synthesis of low-valent group 14 element hydride species has allowed for such reactivity in the absence of a catalyst or initiator. This chemistry will be dicussed in this chapter, leading to our research which has taken this a step further, involving facile E-H bond addtion to unactivated unsaturates such as alkenes, in some cases reversibly. Such reactivity is implicit in countless known catalytic cycles.

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Hadlington, T.J. (2017). Reactivity of Low-Coordinate Group 14 Element(II) Hydride Complexes. In: On the Catalytic Efficacy of Low-Oxidation State Group 14 Complexes. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51807-7_4

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