Perspective on Lewis Acid‐Base Interactions in Emerging Batteries

Q Lin, D Kundu, M Skyllas‐Kazacos, J Lu… - Advanced …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Lewis acid‐base interactions are common in chemical processes presented in diverse
applications, such as synthesis, catalysis, batteries, semiconductors, and solar cells. The …

9-Borafluorenes: synthesis, properties, and reactivity

X Su, TA Bartholome, JR Tidwell, A Pujol… - Chemical …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
This review covers all aspects of 9-borafluorene chemistry, from the first attempted synthesis
in 1960 to the present. This class of molecules consists of a tricyclic system featuring a …

What distinguishes the strength and the effect of a Lewis acid: analysis of the Gutmann–Beckett method

P Erdmann, L Greb - Angewandte Chemie, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
IUPAC defines Lewis acidity as the thermodynamic tendency for Lewis pair formation. This
strength property was recently specified as global Lewis acidity (gLA), and is gauged for …

An Extensive Set of Accurate Fluoride Ion Affinities for p‐Block Element Lewis Acids and Basic Design Principles for Strong Fluoride Ion Acceptors

P Erdmann, J Leitner, J Schwarz, L Greb - ChemPhysChem, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
The computed fluoride ion affinity (FIA) is a valuable descriptor to assess the Lewis acidity of
a compound. Despite its widespread use, the varying accuracy of applied computational …

Hexafluoroisopropanol as a bioconjugation medium of ultrafast, tryptophan-selective catalysis

M Nuruzzaman, BM Colella, CP Uzoewulu… - Journal of the …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
The past decade has seen a remarkable growth in the number of bioconjugation techniques
in chemistry, biology, material science, and biomedical fields. A core design element in …

Halogenated triarylboranes: synthesis, properties and applications in catalysis

JL Carden, A Dasgupta, RL Melen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Halogenated triarylboranes (BAr3) have been known for decades, however it has only been
since the surge of interest in main group catalysis that their application as strong Lewis acid …

Unique phosphorus-based avenues for the tuning of functional materials

N Asok, JR Gaffen, T Baumgartner - Accounts of Chemical …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Conspectus Recent ground-breaking advances in synthetic chemistry have transformed
main-group molecules from simple laboratory curiosities into powerful materials for a range …

Dithienothiophenes at work: Access to mechanosensitive fluorescent probes, chalcogen-bonding catalysis, and beyond

K Strakova, L Assies, A Goujon, F Piazzolla… - Chemical …, 2019‏ - ACS Publications
In this review, the multifunctionality of dithieno [3, 2-b: 2′, 3′-d] thiophenes (DTTs) is
covered comprehensively. This is of interest because all involved research is very recent …

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 …

Predicting Lewis Acidity: Machine Learning the Fluoride Ion Affinity of p‐Block‐Atom‐Based Molecules

LM Sigmund, SS S, A Albers, P Erdmann… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract “How strong is this Lewis acid?” is a question researchers often approach by
calculating its fluoride ion affinity (FIA) with quantum chemistry. Here, we present FIA49k, an …