Frustrated Lewis pair chemistry: development and perspectives

DW Stephan, G Erker - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) are combinations of Lewis acids and Lewis bases in
solution that are deterred from strong adduct formation by steric and/or electronic factors …

Chemie frustrierter Lewis‐Paare: Entwicklung und Perspektiven

DW Stephan, G Erker - Angewandte Chemie, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Der Begriff “frustrierte Lewis‐Paare”(FLPs) bezeichnet Kombinationen von Lewis‐
Säuren und Lewis‐Basen in Lösung, die aufgrund sterischer oder elektronischer Faktoren …

Direct observation of a borane–silane complex involved in frustrated Lewis-pair-mediated hydrosilylations

AY Houghton, J Hurmalainen, A Mansikkamäki… - Nature Chemistry, 2014‏ - nature.com
Perfluorarylborane Lewis acids catalyse the addition of silicon–hydrogen bonds across C=
C, C= N and C= O double bonds. This 'metal-free'hydrosilylation has been proposed to …

A radical mechanism for frustrated Lewis pair reactivity

LL Liu, LL Cao, Y Shao, G Menard, DW Stephan - Chem, 2017‏ - cell.com
Summary The frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) derived from tBu 3 P and E (C 6 F 5) 3 (E= B, Al)
react with pO 2 C 6 Cl 4 and Ph 3 SnH to give [tBu 3 POC 6 Cl 4 OE (C 6 F 5) 3](E= B 1, Al …

Reactivity models of hydrogen activation by frustrated Lewis pairs: synergistic electron transfers or polarization by electric field?

TA Rokob, I Bako, A Stirling, A Hamza… - Journal of the American …, 2013‏ - ACS Publications
Two alternative qualitative reactivity models have recently been proposed to interpret the
facile heterolytic cleavage of H2 by frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs). Both models assume that …

Lewis pair polymerization by classical and frustrated Lewis pairs: acid, base and monomer scope and polymerization mechanism

Y Zhang, GM Miyake, MG John, L Falivene… - Dalton …, 2012‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Classical and frustrated Lewis pairs (LPs) of the strong Lewis acid (LA) Al (C6F5) 3 with
several Lewis base (LB) classes have been found to exhibit exceptional activity in the Lewis …

Activation of Alkyl C–F Bonds by B(C6F5)3: Stoichiometric and Catalytic Transformations

CB Caputo, DW Stephan - Organometallics, 2012‏ - ACS Publications
The Lewis acid B (C6F5) 3 is shown to activate a series of alkyl fluorides. In stoichiometric
reactions, treatment of sterically demanding phosphines with B (C6F5) 3/alkyl fluorides gives …

Living Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactones by N-Heterocyclic Olefin/Al(C6F5)3 Lewis Pairs: Structures of Intermediates, Kinetics, and Mechanism

Q Wang, W Zhao, J He, Y Zhang, EYX Chen - Macromolecules, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
The strong Lewis acid Al (C6F5) 3, in combination with a strong Lewis base N-heterocyclic
olefin (NHO), cooperatively promotes the living ring-opening (co) polymerization of lactones …

B(C6F5)3-Catalyzed (Convergent) Disproportionation Reaction of Indoles

Y Han, S Zhang, J He, Y Zhang - Journal of the American …, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
A metal-free B (C6F5) 3-catalyzed approach is developed for the disproportionation reaction
of a series of indoles with various hydrosilanes, without any additives such as base and …

Hydrogen activation by 2-boryl-N, N-dialkylanilines: a revision of Piers' ansa-aminoborane

K Chernichenko, M Nieger, M Leskelä, T Repo - Dalton Transactions, 2012‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Two 2-[bis (pentafluorophenyl) boryl]-N, N-dialkylanilines reported here exemplify a new
class of intramolecular frustrated B/N Lewis pairs. A structure closely related to this class …