Paradoxes and paradigms: on ambisaline ions of nitrogen

Paradoxes and paradigms: on ambisaline ions of oxygen, fluorine, and related oxyfluorides

“…Using enthalpies of formation of all four species from the same calculational study [21], and assuming all species are in their ground state, i.e., 3 , and indeed, this latter polyatomic cation was the product initially suggested [29] for the reaction of XeOF 4 with [KrF] + . An early suggestion [110] What then about the desired aforementioned ion, [XeOF 5 ] + ?…”

“…The word "amphiphilic" can be also used for a species that has both nucleophilic and electrophilic behavior. The term "ambisaline" is used to describe a species X so that X + and X − may both be found in isolable salts, albeit very often not with commonplace counterions [1,2]. Thus, both cation and anion salts are known.…”

“…Thus, both cation and anion salts are known. The term ambisaline can as such also be considered as a manifestation of the trichotomy of convenience, anthropocentrism, and folksonomy [1,3,4]. In the present review, we will focus on ambisaline ions of oxygen.…”