Guanidinate Ligand Stabilized Alkaline Earth Metal Complexes, Synthesis, Reactivity, and Catalytic Applications

Abstract

AbstractGuanidines are important organic components in terms of their multidimensional application, such as crucial synthons in organic chemistry, potential Lewis basic nature, and finally, acts as a versatile ligand in the field of coordination chemistry. Its variational coordination modes with different metals across the periodic table are well summarized in the literature. Though the transition elements take the lead in the guanidinate metal chemistry, there are some reports on the main group metal guanidinate complexes. This piece of work summarizes a detailed study of the recent advances in the coordination chemistry of guanidinate alkaline earth metal complexes and their catalytic applications.