title: Recent developments in the chemistry of low valent Group 14 hydrides.
abstract: This Perspective discusses the synthesis and reactivity of low valent Group 14 hydrides of germanium and tin. The use of hindered terphenyl ligands has facilitated the isolation of a number of unusual new main group hydride structural types (each predicted by computational work), and has culminated in the use of these species as precursors to new cluster archetypes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave., Davis, California 95616, USA.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rivard
authors.forename: Philip P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Power