Zero-valent species of group 13–15 elements

Challenges and opportunities:•The paramagnetic zero-valent species, middle-size clusters, heavier group 13 congeners are untrodden.•Investigation of the ability species to transfer elemental fragments En(0) other substrates remains underdeveloped.•A stepwise catenation aimed at a precise construction main-group allotropes could offer an exciting new avenue for materials science. This perspective describes development 13–15 elements. Computational studies providing reinterpretation bonding involved in well-known molecules, such as carbodiphosphorane, have opened up area. Employment Lewis bases form donor-acceptor interactions with zero oxidation state is key stabilizing species. Because diversity available, derivatives variety structural motifs isolable. 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