Carbon monoxide is one of the most important C1 molecules in organic chemistry. Many
novel procedures for its conversion have been developed, and some have even been …

Abstract Discovered in 2005, cyclic (alkyl)(amino) carbenes (CAACs) are among the most
nucleophilic (σ donating) and also electrophilic (π‐accepting) stable carbenes known to …

The study of main-group molecules that behave and react similarly to transition-metal (TM)
complexes has attracted significant interest in recent decades. Most notably, the attractive …

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 …

The usage of carbon monoxide (CO) as a C1 feedstock for carbonylation has been an
important subject of numerous studies for over a century. The chemistry in this field has …

Frustrated Lewis pairs have been used to activate a variety of small molecules. In this review
we focus on the recent chemistry of FLPs with CO2, CO, N2O, NO and SO2. While FLP …

Perfluorarylborane Lewis acids catalyse the addition of silicon–hydrogen bonds across C=
C, C= N and C= O double bonds. This 'metal-free'hydrosilylation has been proposed to …

A one‐electron reduction of a cyclic (alkyl)(amino) carbene (CAAC)–bis (trimethylsilyl)
aminodichloroborane adduct leads to a stable aminoboryl radical. A second one‐electron …

The synthesis of tris (ortho‐carboranyl) borane (BoCb3), a single site neutral Lewis
superacid, in one pot from commercially available materials is achieved. The high fluoride …

Boron, a group 13 element, has several characteristic structural and electronic features: 1)
trivalent boron compounds usually adopt a trigonal planar geometry; 2) due to the presence …