Recent theoretical studies are reviewed which show that the naked group 14 atoms E = C-Pb in the singlet (1)D state behave as bidentate Lewis acids that strongly bind two σ donor ligands L in the donor-acceptor complexes L→E←L. Tetrylones EL2 are divalent E(0) compounds which possess two lone pairs ...
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