Low oxidation state magnesium complexes: multitalented reagents for sustainable chemical synthesis

2007年，莫纳什大学开始研究稳定的低氧化态s区化合物。除了具有重要的基础意义外，这些高活性体系的应用也得到了迅速发展。为了巩固澳大利亚在这一新兴竞争领域的国际领先地位，该项目旨在开发新一代镁(I)（及相关）化合物，并将其作为可持续合成方法的试剂。对环境无害的s-block化合物将首次用于大量惰性气体小分子（例如氢、氮、二氧化碳、一氧化碳）的低能化学计量和催化转化，以产生对工业和学术界重要的增值产品。

The chemistry of stable low oxidation state s-block compounds was initiated at Monash in 2007. In addition to being of major fundamental importance, applications of these highly reactive systems have rapidly developed. To cement Australia's international lead in this emerging and competitive field, this project aims to develop a new generation of magnesium(I) (and related) compounds, and to install them as sought after reagents for sustainable synthetic methodologies. For the first time, environmentally benign s-block compounds will be utilised for the low energy stoichiometric and catalytic transformation of abundant, often inert gaseous small molecules, for example, hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, to value added products important to industry and academia.