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Anion Chelation via Double Chalcogen Bonding: The Case of a Bis-telluronium Dication and Its Application in Electrophilic Catalysis via Metal–Chloride Bond Activation by Zhou, Benyu, Gabbaï, François P

“…Telluronium cations have long been known to engage their counteranions via secondary interactions. Yet, this property has rarely been exploited for anion…”
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Coordination- and Redox-Noninnocent Behavior of Ambiphilic Ligands Containing Antimony by Jones, J. Stuart, Gabbaï, François P

“…Stimulated by applications in catalysis, the chemistry of ambiphilic ligands featuring both donor and acceptor functionalities has experienced substantial…”
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Redox-controlled chalcogen-bonding at tellurium: impact on Lewis acidity and chloride anion transport properties by Zhou, Benyu, Gabbaï, François P

“…Our interests in the chemistry of atypical main group Lewis acids have led us to devise strategies that augment the affinity of chalcogen-bond donors for…”
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Unmasking the Catalytic Activity of a Platinum Complex with a Lewis Acidic, Non-innocent Antimony Ligand by You, Di, Gabbaï, François P

“…With the view of developing self-activating electrophilic catalysts, we are now investigating complexes with a Lewis acidic moiety in the immediate vicinity of…”
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Lewis Acidic Telluronium Cations: Enhanced Chalcogen-Bond Donor Properties and Application to Transfer Hydrogenation Catalysis by Zhou, Benyu, Gabbaï, François P

“…We describe the synthesis and structures of o-C6F4(TeMes)2 (1) and o-C6F4(TeArF)2 (2, ArF = 3,5-(CF3)2C6H3)), two new bifunctional tellurides featuring an…”
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Fluoride Ion Complexation and Sensing Using Organoboron Compounds by Wade, Casey R, Broomsgrove, Alexander E. J, Aldridge, Simon, Gabbaï, François P

“…The complexation and sensing of fluoride ions via organoboron compounds is discussed. While fluoride in drinking water presents significant dental benefits,…”
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Promoting the Hydrosilylation of Benzaldehyde by Using a Dicationic Antimony-Based Lewis Acid: Evidence for the Double Electrophilic Activation of the Carbonyl Substrate by Hirai, Masato, Cho, Junsang, Gabbaï, François P.

“…The concomitant activation of carbonyl substrates by two Lewis acids has been investigated by using [1,2‐(Ph2MeSb)2C6H4]2+ ([1]2+), an antimony‐based bidentate…”
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Modulating the σ‑Accepting Properties of an Antimony Z‑type Ligand via Anion Abstraction: Remote-Controlled Reactivity of the Coordinated Platinum Atom by You, Di, Yang, Haifeng, Sen, Srobona, Gabbaï, François P

“…In search of ligand platforms, which can be used to remotely control the catalytic activity of a transition metal, we have investigated the coordination…”
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Binding, Sensing, And Transporting Anions with Pnictogen Bonds: The Case of Organoantimony Lewis Acids by Murphy, Brendan L., Gabbaï, François P.

“…Motivated by the discovery of main group Lewis acids that could compete or possibly outperform the ubiquitous organoboranes, several groups, including ours,…”
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[Sb(C6F5)4][B(C6F5)4]: An Air Stable, Lewis Acidic Stibonium Salt That Activates Strong Element-Fluorine Bonds by Pan, Baofei, Gabbaï, François P

“…As part of our ongoing interest in main group Lewis acids for fluoride anion complexation and element-fluorine bond activation, we have synthesized the…”
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Phosphonium Boranes for the Selective Transport of Fluoride Anions across Artificial Phospholipid Membranes by Park, Gyeongjin, Gabbaï, François P.

“…With the view of developing selective transmembrane anion transporters, a series of phosphonium boranes of general formula [p‐RPh2P(C6H4)BMes2]+ have been…”
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Squeezing Fluoride out of Water with a Neutral Bidentate Antimony(V) Lewis Acid by Hirai, Masato, Gabbaï, François P.

“…Because of hydration, fluoride ions in water typically elude complexation by neutral Lewis acids. Here, we show how this limitation can be overcome with a…”
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Synthesis and Properties of Triarylhalostibonium Cations by Yang, Mengxi, Gabbaï, François P

“…As part of our fundamental interest in the chemistry of main-group Lewis acids, we have decided to target stibonium cations whose Lewis acidity is enhanced by…”
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Redox-controlled chalcogen and pnictogen bonding: the case of a sulfonium/stibonium dication as a preanionophore for chloride anion transport by Park, Gyeongjin, Gabbaï, François P

“…Our interest in the chemistry of tunable chalcogen and pnictogen bond donors as Lewis acidic platforms for the complexation and transport of anions has led us…”
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An Antimony(V) Dication as a Z‐Type Ligand: Turning on Styrene Activation at Gold by Lo, Ying‐Hao, Gabbaï, François P.

“…With the intent to demonstrate that the charge of Z‐type ligands can be used to modulate the electrophilic character and catalytic properties of coordinated…”
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Analyzing Fluoride Binding by Group 15 Lewis Acids: Pnictogen Bonding in the Pentavalent State by Maltz, Logan T., Gabbaï, François P.

“…We report the results of a computational investigation into fluoride binding by a series of pentavalent pnictogen Lewis acids: pnictogen pentahalides (PnX5),…”
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Tunable Pnictogen Bonding at the Service of Hydroxide Transport across Phospholipid Bilayers by Murphy, Brendan L., Gabbaï, François P.

“…Our growing interest in the design of pnictogen-based strategies for anion transport has prompted an investigation into the properties of three simple…”
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Lewis acidic stiborafluorenes for the fluorescence turn-on sensing of fluoride in drinking water at ppm concentrations by Hirai, Masato, Gabbai, Francois P

“…Prompted by the importance of fluoride in fields such as drinking water analysis and 18 F-positron emission tomography, we have synthesized and investigated…”
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Are Ar3SbCl2 Species Lewis Acidic? Exploration of the Concept and Pnictogen Bond Catalysis Using a Geometrically Constrained Example by Smith, Jesse E., Gabbaï, François P.

“…As part of our investigations into the Lewis acidic behavior of antimony derivatives, we have decided to study the properties of…”
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Pnictogen Bonding at the Core of a Carbene-Stiborane-Gold Complex: Impact on Structure and Reactivity by Castro Castro, Paula, Gabbaï, François P.

“…Our interest in the design of ambiphilic ligands and their coordination to gold has led us to synthesize an indazol-3-ylidene gold chloride complex…”
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