NHC-Stabilized Early Main Group Species: Reactivity and Emerging Catalysis.

Authors

Stuart Burnett, Scott Miller, Fáinché Murphy, Catherine E Weetman

Published in

ACS catalysis. Volume 16. Issue 6. Pages 5276-5293. Mar 20, 2026. Epub Feb 27, 2026.

Abstract

N-Heterocyclic carbenes are commonplace in modern-day homogeneous catalysis due to their easily tunable steric and electronic features. Within the main group elements, NHCs have enabled the isolation of a range of complexes in unusual coordination environments and/or low oxidation states. With significant research efforts developing the transition-metal-like behavior of main group elements, emerging trends are now starting to showcase the potential of NHCs in enabling catalytic application of main group elements. This perspective highlights the potential of NHCs to transform main group catalysis, including a focus on relatively underexplored tethered and bis-NHC complexes for early main group elements.

PMID:
41884416
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 11 Sep 2026.

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