The chemistry of the p-block elements is a huge playground for fundamental and applied
work. With their bonding from electron deficient to hypercoordinate and formally hypervalent …

The activation of white phosphorus by main group elements and compounds is an
established field of chemistry which had its initial high impact back in the 1970s and 1980s …

The coordination chemistry of white phosphorus is nowadays a mature discipline, which
during the last four decades has reached a deep understanding of the mechanisms …

A summary of theoretical and experimental work in the area of low-coordinated compounds
of boron and group-14 atoms C–Sn in the last decade is presented. The focus of the account …

The dicationic imidazolium‐phosphonium salt [(SIMes) PFPh2][B (C6F5) 4] 2 has been
prepared and shown to exhibit remarkable Lewis acidity in stoichiometric reactions and …

A theoretical examination of the LEEL class of molecules has been carried out (E= group 14,
group 15 element; L= N-heterocyclic carbene, phosphine), for which Si, Ge, P, and As-NHC …

The parent phosphenium ion (PH2+), and even any phosphenium salts bearing a hydrogen
(HRP+), have never been observed. The addition of trifluoromethanesulfonic acid and …

A versatile, high-yielding synthesis of NHC-stabilized [PCl2]+ and [PCl] 2+ phosphorus
synthons has been achieved by using an “onio-substituent transfer” reagent. Subsequent …

The fluoride ion affinities (FIAs) of 33 phosphenium ions with a range of substituents were
calculated using ab inito and DFT methods. The use of these FIA data as a measure of the …

Pnictine derivatives can behave as both 2e− donors (Lewis bases) and 2e− acceptors
(Lewis acids). As prototypical ligands in the coordination chemistry of transition metals …