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 …

Is there anything resembling a truly noncoordinating anion? Would it not be great to be able
to prepare any crazy, beautiful, or simply useful cationic species that one has in mind, or has …

The occurrence of aromaticity in organic molecules is widely accepted, but its occurrence in
purely metallic systems is less widespread. Molecules comprising only metal atoms (M) are …

Purified LiAlH4 reacts with fluorinated alcohols HORF to give LiAl (ORF) 4 (RF=− CH (CF3)
2, 2 a;− C (CH3)(CF3) 2, 2 b;− C (CF3) 3, 2 c) in 77 to 90% yield. The crude lithium …

Gibt es so etwas wie ein wirklich nichtkoordinierendes Anion? Wäre es nicht großartig, jede
verrückte, schöne oder einfach nur nützliche kationische Spezies herstellen zu können, sei …

While the implication of the aromaticity concept has been dramatically expanded to date
since its emergence in 1865, the classical [4n+ 2]/4n-electron counting protocol still plays an …

Cyclic structures represent a well-studied structural class due to the novel bonding modes
and reactivity these units possess and the ubiquitous role of cyclic intermediates in a wide …

Many very simple and fundamentally important cations were initially observed in the gas
phase, eg inside a mass spectrometer or even in space. The question arises, how to …

The new cation [Sb7S8Br2] 3+ has a double-cubane structure and forms as the [AlCl4]− salt
from the ionic liquid EMIMBr− AlCl3 (EMIM= 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium) at 165° C. The …

Crystalline chalcogenides belong to the most promising class of materials. In addition to
dense solid‐state structures, they may form molecular cluster arrangements and networks …