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).