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

稳定的低氧化态s-区化合物的化学在2007年在莫纳什开始。除了具有主要的基本重要性之外，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抢手试剂。这是第一次，环境友好的s-区化合物将用于低能量化学计量和催化转化丰富的，通常是惰性的气体小分子，例如，氢气，氮气，二氧化碳，一氧化碳，以增值产品重要的工业和学术界。

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.