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Reductive cyclotrimerization of CO and isonitriles with a highly reactive CaI synthon

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On the existence of low-valent magnesium–calcium complexes

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Unsymmetrical bis(anilido)xanthene ligands: development and use in the preparation of magnesium diamide complexes

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Alkaline earth metal-assisted dinitrogen activation at nickel

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An isolable stannaimine and its cycloaddition/metathesis reactions with carbon dioxide

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Trends in benzene inverse sandwich complexes of the alkaline-earth metals Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba

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Alkaline earth metals: heterometallic bonding

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An orbitally adapted push–pull template for N2 activation and reduction to diazene-diide

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Low oxidation state and hydrido group 2 complexes: synthesis and applications in the activation of gaseous substrates

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Formation, Structure and Reactivity of a Beryllium(0) Complex with Mgδ+−Beδ− Bond Polarization

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Alkaline‐Earth Metal Mediated Benzene‐to‐Biphenyl Coupling

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Angewandte Chemie, 2023, 135
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Cobalt–Magnesium and Cobalt–Calcium Heterotrimetallic Dinitrogen Complexes

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Assembly of Functionalized Organic Fragments via Reductive Activation and (Cross)‐Coupling of C2H4, CO, CO2 and/or H2 Using a Magnesium‐Dinitrogen Complex

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Overview on Low-oxidation-state Alkaline Earth Organometallic Chemistry

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Enforcing Metal–Arene Interactions in Bulky p-Terphenyl Bis(anilide) Complexes of Group 2 Metals (Be–Ba): Potential Precursors for Low-Oxidation-State Alkaline Earth Metal Systems

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Neutral P4 coordination and reduction at alkaline earth metal centers

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Chem, 2025, 11, 102650
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Diverse Reactivity of a Ca(I) Synthon

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Eur J Inorg Chem, 2023, 26
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Flash Communication: Ring-Opening of Biphenylene with Magnesium(I) and Magnesium–Dinitrogen Complexes

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Synthesis and Characterization of Bulky 1,3‐Diamidopropane Complexes of Group 2 Metals (Be−Sr)

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Dinitrogen Activation with Low‐Valent Strontium

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Silicon‐Based Azo Compound‐Mediated CO Activation and N2 Release

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Silicon‐Based Azo Compound‐Mediated CO Activation and N2 Release

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Mechanism and Chemoselectivity of Small Molecule (CO2, tBuNCO, and iPrNCNiPr) Activation by Homobimetallic Compounds: Cp*2Ae2 (Ae = Be, Mg, and Ca) vs Cp*2Zn2

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Assembly of Functionalized Organic Fragments via Reductive Activation and (Cross)‐Coupling of C2H4, CO, CO2 and/or H2 Using a Magnesium‐Dinitrogen Complex

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Metallocene Coordination to Neutral Alkaline Earth Metal Complexes

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Stable Ketenyl Anions via Ligand Exchange at an Anionic Carbon as Powerful Synthons**

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Formation, Structure and Reactivity of a Beryllium(0) Complex with Mgδ+−Beδ− Bond Polarization

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Promoting π-Facial Interactions in Phenyl-Substituted 1,8-Bis(silylamido)naphthalene Alkaline Earth Complexes

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Chemical Bonding of Low-Valent Radical Magnesium Species and Computational Design of Low-Valent Radical Calcium Complexes

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Flash Communication: Clarifying the Synthesis of 4,5-Dibromo-9,9-dimethyl-9H-xanthene: A Scaffold for Organometallic Ligands and Frustrated Lewis Pairs

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Coordination and Activation of N2 at Low‐Valent Magnesium using a Heterobimetallic Approach: Synthesis and Reactivity of a Masked Dimagnesium Diradical**

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Ortho-phosphite (PO33−): Mechanochemical Synthesis of a Missing Oxoanion and Precursor to Value-Added Organophosphorus Compounds

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Dinitrogen Activation with Low‐Valent Strontium

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Steric Control in Low-Valent Mn Diamide Complexes: Contrasting Magnesium and Manganese in N2 and Benzene Activation

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Metal Vapour Synthesis of an Organometallic Barium(0) Synthon

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Metal Vapour Synthesis of an Organometallic Barium(0) Synthon

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Fresh Impetus in the Chemistry of Calcium Peroxides

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Trendbericht Anorganische Chemie 2023: Hauptgruppen

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N-Heterocyclic germylenes supported by bulky dianionic N,N-chelating ligands

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Alkaline‐Earth Metal Mediated Benzene‐to‐Biphenyl Coupling

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Design of Borole- and Silylene-Based Frustrated Lewis Pairs for Dinitrogen Activation Promoted by Aromaticity: A Combined DFT and Machine Learning Study

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Alkane Coordination by a Neutral, Lewis Acidic Magnesium Complex

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