Coordinated “Naked” Pnicogenes and Catalysis

Abstract

Diphosphorous (P2) side-on coordinated to a dicobalt (Co–Co) moiety was described 45 years ago. This discovery had several links to actual problems of homogeneous molecular catalysis. The new type of organometallic complexes induced several ingenious new ramifications in main-group/transition metal cluster chemistry in the last decades. The present review traces the main lines of these research results and their contacts to actual problems of industrial catalysis.

Special Issue: Coordination Chemistry and Catalysis

“…Another review paper by Pályi et al [6], dealing with the synthetic progress on coordinated "naked" pnicogenes and their role on homogeneous molecular catalysis, is also part of this Special Issue. In fact, the type of organometallic complexes bearing diphosphorous (P 2 ) side-on coordinated to a dinuclear centre induced several ingenious new ramifications in main-group/transition metal cluster chemistry (e.g., in the field of atmospheric N 2 fixation) in the last decades which are highlightedin the review.…”