superacidic

Superelectrophiles are the de facto reactive intermediates of many electrophilic reactions in superacidic systems (including those involving solid superacids) and even some enzymatic systems and should be differentiated from energetically lower-lying, thus much more stable intermediates, which frequently are observable and even isolable but are not necessarily reactive enough without further activation.

George A. Olah - Autobiography 1995

Olah has recently shown that our most common electrophiles such as the acyl cation and the nitronium ion are protonated in superacidic media into doubly charged superelectrophiles.

Press Release: The 1994 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1994

George A. Olah has through his research on the cations from carbon compounds (carbocations) in superacidic solvents and at low temperatures opened new avenues towards new and detailed knowledge of their structure and reactivity.

Press Release: The 1994 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1994

The protonation of saturated hydrocarbons in superacidic media has, through Olah's work, already had practical consequences.

Press Release: The 1994 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1994

An innovative scientist, George Olah is truly one of a kind, whose amazing research into extremely strong acids and their new chemistry yielded what is now commonly known as superacidic "magic acid chemistry."

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In such superacidic media the lifetime of carbocations are sufficiently long to be examined by a variety of chemical and physical methods including nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry.

Hydrocarbons for the 21st Century - The Work of the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute 1999

In addition, the use of superacidic catalysts allow new ways to hydro-treat coals, shale oil, tar sands and other heavy petroleum sources and residues, and yield liquid hydrocarbons.

Hydrocarbons for the 21st Century - The Work of the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute 1999

The concept of superelectrophiles thus emerged from my previous studies on superacidic carbocation and onium ion systems.

George A. Olah - Autobiography 1995

The vastly increased acidity of superacidic systems resulted in the significant new field of superacid chemistry.

George A. Olah - Autobiography 1995