Coordination chemistry of p-block element Lewis acceptors: Applying principles of transition metal chemistry to non-metal elements

新化合物的合成和表征是发现新药物、生产商品化学品的新催化剂和具有新性能的新材料的基础，在社会上具有潜在的功能，包括新的电解质、导电聚合物、阻燃剂、弹性体和生物医学材料。我们社会中使用的大多数工业上重要的催化剂都含有低丰度的贵金属（如铂、铑），而社会中使用的大多数合成聚合物材料都是由碳基骨架组成的。相对丰富的p块元素（如硅、锗、锡、磷、锑、铋、硫和硒）的新合成化合物为催化剂和新聚合物材料的分子构建块提供了具有成本效益的替代品。此外，许多仍在开发中的p块元素的独特化学性质，为发现新的反应性和具有新物理性质的化合物/材料提供了机会。

The synthesis and characterization of new compounds represents a fundamental foundation in the discovery of new pharmaceuticals, new catalysts for the production of commodity chemicals, and new materials exhibiting new properties, with potential function in society including new electrolytes, conducting polymers, flame retardants, elastomers and biomedical materials. Most industrially important catalysts employed in our society involve low abundance precious metals (e.g. platinum, rhodium) and most synthetic polymeric materials employed in society are composed of carbon based backbones. New synthetic compounds of the relatively abundant p-block elements (such as silicon, germanium, tin, phosphorus, antimony, bismuth, sulfur and selenium) offer cost-effective alternatives for catalysts and as molecular building blocks for new polymeric materials. Moreover, the distinct chemistry of many of the p-block elements, still under development, offers the discovery of new reactivity and compounds/materials with new physical properties.