GEORGE A. OLAH, PhD, - 1927 -2017 - was awarded the 1994 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in hydrocarbon chemistry. Professor Olah was Director of the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. His research focused on the generation and reactivity of carbocations via superacids.

• Partial table of contents: Lewis Acid Properties of Fluorinated Noble Gas Cations (G.Schrobilgen). Controlled Replacement of Fluorine by Oxygen in Fluorides andOxyfluorides (K. Christe, et al.). Transition Metal Derivatives of Strong Protonic Acids andSuperacids (F. Aubke, et al.). Fluorine Stabilized Carbon-Sulfur Multiple Bonding (K.Seppelt). A New Synthetic Procedure for the Preparation and Manufacture ofPerfluoropolyethers (R. Lagow, et al.). Universal Synthesis of Perfluorinated Organic Compounds (J.Adcock). Electrophilic Fluorination Reactions with F2 and Some ReagentsDirectly Derived from It (S. Rozen). Fluorination with Onium Poly(Hydrogen Fluorides): The Taming ofAnhydrous Hydrogen Fluoride for Synthesis (G. Olah & X.Li). Index.