The aim of this review is to summarize recent achievements in the field of (N),C,N‐coordinated group 13–15 compounds not only regarding their synthesis and structure, but mainly focusing on their potential applications. Relevant compounds contain various types of N‐coordinating ligands built up on an ortho‐(di)substituted phenyl platform. Thus, group 13 and 14 derivatives were used as single‐source precursors for the deposition of semiconducting thin films, as building blocks for the preparation of high‐molecular polymers with remarkable optical and chemical properties or as compounds with interesting reactivity in hydrometallation processes. Group 15 derivatives function as catalysts in the Mannich reaction, in the allylation of aldehydes or activation of CO₂. They were used as transmetallation reagents in transition metal catalysed coupling reactions. The univalent species serve as ligands for transition metals, activate alkynes or alkenes and are utilized as catalysts in the transfer hydrogenation of azo‐compounds.

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（N），C，N配位更重的13-15组化合物：合成，结构和应用

这篇综述的目的是总结在（N），C，N协调的13-15组化合物领域中的最新成就，不仅涉及其合成和结构，而且主要侧重于其潜在应用。相关化合物包含在邻（二）取代苯基平台上建立的各种类型的N配位配体。因此，第13组和第14组衍生物被用作半导体薄膜沉积的单源前体，用作制备具有显着光学和化学性质的高分子聚合物的基础材料，或在加氢金属化过程中具有令人感兴趣的反应性的化合物。第15组衍生物在曼尼希反应中，醛的烯丙基化或CO活化中起催化剂的作用₂。它们在过渡金属催化的偶联反应中用作金属转移试剂。单价物种充当过渡金属的配体，激活炔烃或烯烃，并用作偶氮化合物转移氢化的催化剂。