The silylium ion problem, R3Si+. Bridging organic and inorganic chemistry.

C. A. Reed, Acc. Chem. Res., 1998, 31, 325.

Key Words:
TRIETHYLSILYL CATIONS/CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE/SILICENIUM ION/ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY/TRIMETHYLSILYL CATION/NMR-SPECTROSCOPY/ANION/TETRAKIS<3,5-BIS(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL>BORATE/COORDINATION/COUNTERANION



Carboranes: A new class of weakly coordinating anions for strong electrophiles, oxidants, and superacids.

C. A. Reed, Acc. Chem. Res., 1998, 31, 133.

Key Words:
OLEFIN POLYMERIZATION CATALYSTS/COBALT-BIS-DICARBOLLIDE/NONCOORDINATING ANIONS/CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE/CHEMISTRY/SALT/ION/TETRAKIS<3,5-BIS(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL>BORATE/COMPLEXES/METATHESIS



Discrete fulleride anions and fullerenium cations.

C. A. Reed, R. D. Bolskar, Chem. Rev., 2000, 100, 1075.

Key Words:
ELECTRON-SPIN-RESONANCE/C-60 RADICAL-CATION/JAHN-TELLER DISTORTION/NUCLEAR-MAGNETIC-RESONANCE/CHARGE-TRANSFER COMPLEX/X-RAY STRUCTURE/2ND-ORDER MOLECULAR HYPERPOLARIZABILITY/ELECTROCHEMICALLY INDUCED ISOMERIZATION/TRANSITION-METAL COMPLEXES/DIFFUSE INTERSTELLAR BANDS