Our main interest is the investigation
of novel inorganic compounds. One of the most efficient techniques
to investigate species in their highest attainable oxidation states
is the combination of experimental fluorine chemistry, matrix-isolation
spectroscopy, and quantum-chemical calculations
and can be summarized as “Computer Aided Synthesis of New
Species”. These combination can help to investigate the
last missing secrets of high oxidized species.
One promising access into the synthesis of such
species is by preparation of highly fluorinated compounds which
can be used as precursor materials for new compounds stabelized
and investigated by matrix-isolation experiments. This combination
of experimental techniques should result in a significant extension
of the chemistry of this little studied field of high-valent fluorine
compounds and our understanding of transition metal and main group
species in their highest oxidation states and at the limits of
coordination.
This is by no means only of academic interest,
because several industrial processes employ highly oxidized species
directly or as intermediates, and the precise mechanism is often
still under debate and therefore demands further investigation.
Further topics of interest are:
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