Communications Chemistry (Nov 2020)

Main group carbonyl complexes

  • Shiori Fujimori,
  • Shigeyoshi Inoue

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-020-00423-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 4

Abstract

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The chemistry of carbon monoxide (CO) as a ligand has evolved significantly and transition-metal carbonyl complexes have been widely used as catalysts in many important catalytic processes. Here the authors comment on the recent progress of main-group element carbonyl complexes along with their future prospects.