Lewis superacids: classifications, candidates, and applications

L Greb - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Coordination chemistry of the main group elements with phosphine, arsine and stibine ligands

J Burt, W Levason, G Reid - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Complexes of Group 2, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 elements with mono-, bi-, and poly-
dentate phosphine and arsine ligands (and including the very few examples of stibine and …

Chemical state determination of molecular gallium compounds using XPS

JL Bourque, MC Biesinger, KM Baines - Dalton Transactions, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
A series of molecular gallium compounds were analyzed using X-ray photoelectron
spectroscopy (XPS). Specifically, the Ga 2p3/2 and Ga 3d5/2 photoelectron binding …

Stoichiometric Reduction of CO2 to CO by Phosphine/AlX3-Based Frustrated Lewis Pairs

G Ménard, TM Gilbert, JA Hatnean, A Kraft… - …, 2013 - ACS Publications
The reactions of the bulky phosphines Mes3P or (o tol) 3P with AlX3 (X= I, Br, Cl) and CO2
are probed and shown to give complexes of the form Mes3PC (OAlX3) 2 (X= I (3), Br (4), Cl …

A frustrated Lewis pair based on a cationic aluminum complex and triphenylphosphine

TE Stennett, J Pahl, HS Zijlstra, FW Seidel… - …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The highly Lewis acidic, cationic aluminum species [DIPP-nacnacAlMe]+[B (C6F5) 4]−(1,
DIPP-nacnac=[HC {C (Me) N (2, 6-i Pr2C6H3)} 2]−) has been shown to undergo reactions …

The chemistry of the s-and p-block elements with 2, 2′: 6′, 2′′-terpyridine ligands

A Winter, GR Newkome, US Schubert - Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The coordination chemistry of the 2, 2′: 6′, 2′′-terpyridine (tpy) ligand is dominated by
the transition-metal and rare-earth-metal ions. Some of these complexes have found …

The Field Of Main Group Lewis Acids and Lewis Superacids: Important Basics and Recent Developments

AY Timoshkin - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
New developments in the field of Lewis acidity are highlighted, with the focus of novel Lewis
acids and Lewis superacids of group 2, 13, 14, and 15 elements. Several important basics …

Relationship between Gallium Pyramidalization in L·GaCl3 Complexes and the Electronic Ligand Properties

A El-Hellani, J Monot, S Tang, R Guillot… - Inorganic …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Six new molecular GaCl3 adducts of electron rich compounds of the carbone
(carbodiphosphorane, tetraaminoallene) and cyclic alkyl amino carbene (CAAC) families …

Molecular complexes of group 13 element trihalides, pentafluorophenyl derivatives and Lewis superacids

EI Davydova, TN Sevastianova… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2015 - Elsevier
In the present review recent advances in the chemistry of group 13 Lewis acids, such as
intermolecular complexes with donor–acceptor metal–metal bonds, bifunctional Lewis acids …

Phosphine complexes of aluminium (III) halides–preparation and structural and spectroscopic systematics

J Burt, W Levason, ME Light, G Reid - Dalton Transactions, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Six-coordinate pseudo-octahedral complexes trans-[AlX2 (L–L) 2][AlX4](X= Cl, Br or I; L–L=
o-C6H4 (PMe2) 2, Me2P (CH2) 2PMe2) are produced from reaction of AlX3 with the …