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Silanolates

23.6.2021

The tris(pentafluoroethyl)silanol flashes out of the shadows of silanol derivatives, paving the way to its disiloxane and disilanolate. Natalie describes this in her paper Tris(pentafluoroethyl)silanol Derivatives and the Lewis Amphoteric Tris(pentafluoroethyl)silanolate Anion, [Si(C₂F₅)₃O]⁻.

 

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Activation of small molecules

14.5.2021

Natalie conquers the front cover of Angewandte Chemie with her Evidence of the Lewis‐Amphoteric Character of Tris(pentafluoroethyl)silanide, [Si(C₂F₅)₃]^–

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Fluoroorganylsilanes

14.5.2021

Mira investigates the electron-withdrawing character in differently substituted trimethylsilanes Me₃SiX: Structural Characterization of Hydro‐, Chloro‐ and Fluoroorganylsilanes with Substituents of Varying Electron Withdrawing Character

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