Themed collection Applications of Main Group Chemistry in Synthesis, Catalysis, and Biomedical and Materials Research

Organoboron compounds have given rise to a growing collection of bioconjugation reactions, with some being reversible while others yielding a stable linkage. Both reaction subtypes have found their unique applications in biology.

We have compiled the recent progress of low-valent group-14 compounds in catalysis, polymerization, small molecule activation, thin film deposition, photophysical properties, and medicinal properties.

This review summarises advances in the chemistry of low-oxidation state and hydrido group 2 metal complexes, focussing on their use for the reductive activation of feed-stock gaseous small molecules, and their subsequent transformation into value added products.

This review provides an overview of main group carbene analogues, covering recent advancements, synthesis strategies, and the diverse reactivity of elements in groups 13–15 based on their structural characteristics.

This review summarizes the recent advances in the synthesis of transition metal borataalkene and boraalkene complexes, and the η²-B,C coordination mode in homogeneous catalysis.

This review highlights organoboron-based multiple-resonance compounds’ synthetic strategies classified as one-pot borylation, one-shot borylation, and late-stage functionalisation, and explores material structure–photophysical property correlations.

This review presents a group-wise summary of ligand enforced non-VSEPR geometries in compounds of the p-block elements and discusses the emergent consequences for reactivity.

This review focuses on the low-valent heavy group 14 compounds stabilized by N-heterocyclic boryl ligands and their applications in the activation of small molecules and inert chemical bonds.

Azaphosphinines, six-membered heterocycles containing one phosphorus and one nitrogen atom, have emerged from the shadows of their single heteroatom-containing analogues. This review describes the synthesis and applications of these unique compounds.

This review provides an overview of the important progress in FLP-catalyzed asymmetric reactions made over the past 15 years, and both the merits and limitations of FLP-catalysis have been highlighted.

This review discusses the application of FLPs to the capture, reactivity, and reduction of CO. These developments illustrate an alternative strategy to advance the reactivity of CO.

Here, we discuss predicting thermal and photoinduced single-electron transfer (SET) in frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) and characterizing the resulting radical pair. We then extend these methods' application to main-group chemistry.