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 …

This Review gives a comprehensive overview of the most topical weakly coordinating
anions (WCAs) and contains information on WCA design, stability, and applications. As an …

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 possibility of obtaining frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) suitable for H2-activation based on
the Lewis acid B (Ohfip) 31 (Ohfip= OC (H)(CF3) 2) was investigated. In this context, the …

Silylium ions, or, to be more precise, donor-stabilized silylium-ion-like species, were once
only the domain of computational and structural chemists. This was mainly due to the …

Electrophilic aromatic substitution is a fundamental reaction in synthetic chemistry. It
converts C− H bonds of sufficiently nucleophilic arenes into C− X and C− C bonds using …

Mononuclear metal–oxygen species, such as metal-superoxo,-peroxo,-hydroperoxo and-
oxo complexes, are key intermediates involved in dioxygen activation and oxidation …

The super acidity of the unsolvated Al (C6F5) 3 enabled isolation of the elusive silane–alane
complex [Si H⋅⋅⋅ Al], which was structurally characterized by spectroscopic and X‐ray …

The Lewis acidity of several aryl-substituted tetrylium ions was classified experimentally by
applying the Gutmann–Beckett method and computationally by calculation of fluoride ion …

Functional group exchanges based on single-bond transformation are rare and challenging.
In this regard, functional group exchange reactions of hydrosilanes proved to be more …