Sodium ion batteries (SIBs) are considered the most promising battery technology in the
post‐lithium era due to the abundant sodium reserves. In the past two decades, exploring …

The history of silyl cations has all the makings of a drama but with a happy ending. Being
considered reactive intermediates impossible to isolate in the condensed phase for …

Over the past decade the organometallic chemistry of gold (III) has seen remarkable
advances. This includes the synthesis of the first examples of several compound classes that …

Boron's unique position in the Periodic Table, that is, at the apex of the line separating
metals and nonmetals, makes it highly versatile in chemical reactions and applications …

Classically closo-carborane anions, particularly [HCB11H11]− and [HCB9H9]−, and their
derivatives have primarily been used as weakly coordinating anions to isolate reactive …

As lithium-ion batteries have been the state-of-the-art electrochemical energy storage
technology, the overwhelming demand for energy storage on a larger scale has triggered …

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 …

Ionic liquids are extremely versatile and continue to find new applications in academia as
well as industry. This versatility is rooted in the manifold of possible ion types, ion …

The field of Surface Organometallic Chemistry (SOMC) aims to blend the positive attributes
of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis. Significant insight into heterogeneous …

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 …