@article {48753,
	title = {Activation of the olefinic C-H bond of NHC and NHO by perimidine-based silicon and germanium compounds},
	journal = {Organometallics},
	volume = {42},
	year = {2023},
	month = {JUL},
	pages = {1909-1917},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {<p>
	In this manuscript, several backbonegermylene-functionalized zwitterioniccompounds were prepared conveniently from the corresponding N-heterocycliccarbenes or N-heterocyclic olefins in a single step through backboneC-H activation. Our initial motivation was to generate a silylenefrom C10H6(Me3SiN)(2)SiHCl(2) using ItBu [ItBu= (1,3-ditert-butyl)imidazol-2-ylidene], but instead, the reactionled to deprotonation from the imidazolium backbone of ItBu, forming the imidazolium salt with a silyl backbone at the C4position (3). We presumed that the reaction proceededthrough the generation of an ephemeral silylene. We subsequently preparedthe analogous germylene (4) and reacted it with IDipp[IDipp = 1,3-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene], ItBu, and IDipp=CH2. Spectroscopic and crystallographicanalysis of these complexes revealed that, in all cases, there wasdeprotonation from the backbone and formation of zwitterionic products(5-7). When the hydrogen in the NHCbackbone was replaced with methyl groups such as IDipp(Me) (1,3-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-4,5-dimethylimidazol-2-ylidene),simple adduct formation occurred, exemplified by the isolation ofIDipp(Me)\&amp; BULL;Ge(NSiMe3)(2)C10H6 (8).</p>
},
	issn = {0276-7333},
	doi = {10.1021/acs.organomet.3c00167},
	author = {Gour, Kritika and Pramanik, Debjit and Dash, Soumya Ranjan and Tothadi, Srinu and Vanka, Kumar and Sen, Sakya S.}
}
@article {49265,
	title = {Unprecedented C-F bond cleavage in perfluoronaphthalene during cobaltocene reduction},
	journal = {DALTON TRANSACTIONS},
	volume = {53},
	year = {2024},
	month = {NOV },
	pages = {17789-17793},
	type = {Journal Article},
	issn = {1477-9226},
	doi = {10.1039/d4dt02791d},
	author = {Kundu, Gargi and Pramanik, Debjit and Dash, Soumya Ranjan and Kumar, Ravi and Sangole, Mayur and Tothadi, Srinu and Ghosh, Aryya and Vanka, Kumar and Singh, Kirandeep and Sen, Sakya S.}
}
