ABSTRACT

This presentation will describe our recent application of Frustrated Lewis Pairs (FLPs) to gain access to inorganic methylene EH2 complexes (E = Group 14 element) and their use to deposit bulk metal films from solution.[1] This will be followed by a highlight of our studies on anionic N-heterocyclic olefin (NHO) ligands, leading to rare examples of acyclic two-coordinate silylenes (R2Si:). I will also describe the ability of our silylenes to activate strong homo- and heteroatomic bonds under mild conditions.[2]

[1] For reviews of EH2 complexes, see: E. Rivard, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2016, 45, 989-1003.

[2] a) M. M. D. Roy, E. Rivard, Acc. Chem. Res. 2017, 50, 2017-2025; b) C. Hering-Junghans, P. Andreiuk, M. J. Ferguson, R. McDonald, E. Rivard, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 6272-6275; c) M. M. D. Roy, M. J. Ferguson, R. McDonald, Y. Zhou, E. Rivard, Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 6476-6481.