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Back Cover: Generation and Applications of the Hydroxide Trihydrate Anion, [OH(OH 2 ) 3 ] − , Stabilized by a Weakly Coordinating Cation (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 41/2019)
Author(s) -
Weitkamp Robin F.,
Neumann Beate,
Stammler HansGeorg,
Hoge Berthold
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201910419
Subject(s) - hydroxide , counterion , ion , chemistry , aqueous solution , cover (algebra) , salt (chemistry) , inorganic chemistry , polymer chemistry , crystallography , organic chemistry , mechanical engineering , engineering
The hydroxide trihydrate anion was generated for the first time and structurally characterized thanks to the use of a weakly coordinating phosphazenium counterion. As B. Hoge et al. describe in their Communication on page 14633 ff., the space‐filling phosphazenium cation represents an impregnable castle wall in protecting and stabilizing this rare anion. Under vacuum, the salt decomposes like a fragile aqueous “hydroxide soap bubble”.