Since 2016, when simple triethylborane (Et3B) was revealed as a very capable catalyst for
the copolymerization of epoxides and carbon dioxide, research effort regarding this type of …

Fundamental research on germanium as the central element in compounds for bond
activation chemistry and catalysis has achieved significant feats over the last two decades …

Anti-van't Hoff–Le Bel configured p-block element species possess intrinsically high
reactivity and are thus challenging to isolate. Consequently, numerous elements in this …

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 …

A series of structurally constrained phosphenium ions based on
pyridinylmethylamidophenolate scaffolds are shown to undergo P (III)/P (V) oxidative …

We report a comprehensive assessment of Lewis acidity for a series of carbone-stibenium
and-bismuthenium ions using the Gutmann–Beckett (GB) method. These new antimony and …

Three-dimensional (3D) analogues of 9-borafluorenes,(C2B10H10) 2BR (R= Cl (1), Br (2), H
(3, merely as ether or silane adduct), phenyl (4), mesityl (5)), were synthesized and fully …

This report unveils an advancement in the formation of a Lewis superacid (LSA) and an
organic superbase by the geometrical deformation of an organoboron species towards a T …

The heterolytic cleavage of dihydrogen constitutes the hallmark reaction of frustrated Lewis
pairs (FLP). While being well‐established for planar Lewis acids, such as boranes or …

A highly enantioselective conjugate cyanation of cyclic α, β-unsaturated ketones was
achieved with dual catalysis of chiral Lewis acids and achiral organic bases. A variety of …