The first examples of an amido-distibene and a boryl dibismuthene (see picture) have been prepared by reaction of a lithium boryl complex with extremely bulky amido-group 15 dihalide precursor compounds.
Thermally robust main group metal complexes featuring terminal hydride ligands are achieved by deploying a sterically demanding N,N′-bis(2,6-terphenyl)triazenide ligand.
The main group element triggered C–H bond activation of a Rh-bound Cp ligand is reported. The key aspect of this transformation is the presence of a highly Lewis acidic Group 14 element site.