Silylium ions: from elusive reactive intermediates to potent catalysts

HFT Klare, L Albers, L Süsse, S Keess… - Chemical …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
The history of silyl cations has all the makings of a drama but with a happy ending. Being
considered reactive intermediates impossible to isolate in the condensed phase for …

Recent advances in stable main group element radicals: preparation and characterization

Z Feng, S Tang, Y Su, X Wang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Radical species are significant in modern chemistry. Their unique chemical bonding and
novel physicochemical properties play significant roles not only in fundamental chemistry …

Taming the cationic beast: novel developments in the synthesis and application of weakly coordinating anions

IM Riddlestone, A Kraft, J Schaefer… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
This Review gives a comprehensive overview of the most topical weakly coordinating
anions (WCAs) and contains information on WCA design, stability, and applications. As an …

Lewis superacids: classifications, candidates, and applications

L Greb - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Lewis acids play a major role in all areas of chemistry. For a long time, toxic, corrosive and
oxidizing SbF5 was considered as the strongest Lewis acid known. Lately, species …

Recent advances and challenges in the design of organic photoacid and photobase generators for polymerizations

N Zivic, PK Kuroishi, F Dumur, D Gigmes… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Photopolymerization, or the use of light to trigger polymerization, is one of the most exciting
technologies for advanced manufacturing of polymers. One of the key components in the …

Small molecule activation with bimetallic systems: a landscape of cooperative reactivity

M Navarro, JJ Moreno, M Pérez-Jiménez… - Chemical …, 2022‏ - pubs.rsc.org
There is growing interest in the design of bimetallic cooperative complexes, which have
emerged due to their potential for bond activation and catalysis, a feature widely exploited …

How to Deal with Charge in the Ranking of Lewis Acidity: Critical Evaluation of an Extensive Set of Cationic Lewis Acids

P Erdmann, M Schmitt, LM Sigmund… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
The quantification of Lewis acidity is of fundamental and applied importance in chemistry.
However, if neutral and charged Lewis acids are compared, a coherent ranking has been …

The progress of electrochromic materials based on metal–organic frameworks

C Tao, Y Li, J Wang - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Electrochromic (EC) materials can reversibly transform their optical properties, including the
transmittance, reflectance, absorptance, and color, under an external voltage bias, showing …

An easy-to-perform evaluation of steric properties of Lewis acids

L Zapf, M Riethmann, SA Föhrenbacher, M Finze… - Chemical …, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Steric and electronic effects play a very important role in chemistry, as these effects influence
the shape and reactivity of molecules. Herein, an easy-to-perform approach to assess and …

Small molecule activation by well-defined compounds of heavy p-block elements

K Oberdorf, C Lichtenberg - Chemical Communications, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The creative design and exploration of new bonding motifs and molecular architectures in
main group chemistry have pushed the boundaries of reactivity in this field of research. In …