The chemistry of organometallic compounds with bulky ligands such as (Me3Si)3C(Tsi) or (Me2PhSI)3C(Tpsi) attached to a variety of metal centres is reviewed. The compounds Tsi2M (M = Zn, Cd, Hg) and the rare two co-ordinate TsiMn show exceptional thermal and hydrolytic stability. The corresponding alkylmetal halides form ring or cage structures. In a range of new boron compounds the structures o...

Cyclic dianions are considered to be useful synthons for the construction of a wide variety of cyclic organic compounds and organometallic complexes. However, reported patterns of substituted cyclic dianions are very much limited owing to the lack of synthetic methods. Furthermore, information on the structure of dianion species is very rare, which also to some extent blocks the development of ...

The results of comparison of experimental C1 NQR parameters for a great number of organic and organometallic compounds and estimated ones using ab initio calculations at the RHF/6-31G(d) level were systematized. The NQR frequency changes on going from one compound to another depend, in general, on the changes of populations of the CI atom p„-orbitals in these compounds and, first of all, of pop...