Front Cover: π‐Complexes of Main‐Group Metal Cations: Exploration of Lewis Acid Reactivity (ChemistryEurope 6/2025)
The Front Cover shows a Ge and a Sn apple, each elegantly served on a squared plate—representing a planar C2P2 ring—which symbolize a π-complex of a main-group cation, specifically a pyramidane. Their enticing Lewis acidity attracts fluoride flies and chloride hummingbirds, while a sneaky phosphorus ylide raccoon is ready to steal them away. The fruit–plate combination illustrates the unique reactivity and coordination behavior of these π-bound pyramidanes. More information can be found in the Research Article by P. Coburger and co-workers (DOI: 10.1002/ceur.202500199). Artwork by Dr. Christoph Selg.
Authors
- Peter Coburger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1387-4148)
- David Zuber
- Stefan Frei
Institutions
- Technical University of Munich (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ChemistryEurope
- Published
- 2025-11-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ceur.70139
- Primary Topic
- Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00