Cover Feature: The Fluoride Method: Access to Silver(III) NHC Complexes (Chem. Eur. J. 12/2024)

Multipurpose silver(III) fluoride. Access to the first silver(III) carbene complexes has been achieved by reaction of the fluoride [PPh4][(CF3)3AgF] precursor with different imidazolium salts. The novel methodology circumvents the use of free NHC molecules. This synthetic procedure is envisaged to enable access to carbene complexes of other late transition-metals in high oxidation states. More information can be found in the Research Article by M. Baya and co-workers (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202303937).