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

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Contrary to the wide ranging nature of d- and f-block chemistry, that of the s- and p-block elements has classically been accepted as limited to one or two stable oxidation states outside of the elemental species, thus curtailing the broader reactivity of compounds involving these elements. However, the past two decades have seen tremendous growth in the area of low-oxidation state and low-coordinate main-group (MG) chemistry, resulting in an expansion of readily available oxidation states for MG elements. This has led to a range of reactivities of such MG complexes which often see comparison with those of the transition-metals. This chapter aims to give an introduction to a number of concepts which are key to this contemporary MG chemistry.

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Hadlington, T.J. (2017). General Introduction. 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_1

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