Lewis acids play a major role in all areas of chemistry. For a long time, toxic, corrosive and
oxidizing SbF5 was considered as the strongest Lewis acid known. Lately, species …

The development of new or more sustainable, active, efficient, controlled, and selective
polymerization reactions or processes continues to be crucial for the synthesis of important …

The aluminum-catalyzed hydroboration of alkenes with HBpin is reported using simple
commercially available aluminum hydride precatalysts [LiAlH4 or sodium bis (2 …

An aluminum‐catalyzed hydroboration of alkynes using either the commercially available
aluminum hydride DIBAL‐H or bench‐stable Et3Al⋅ DABCO as the catalyst and H‐Bpin as …

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 …

While conventional approaches to stabilizing main group radicals have involved the use of
Lewis acids or bases, this tutorial review focuses on new avenues to main group radicals …

This contribution reports the first example of highly selective reduction of CO2 into CH4 via
tandem hydrosilylation with mixed main-group organo-Lewis acid (LA) catalysts [Al (C6F5) …

The coexistence of a strong Lewis acid and a Lewis base in solution, the so called frustrated
Lewis pair, has led to the discovery of metal-free hydrogen activation. Since then, this …

Archetypal phosphine/borane frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) are famed for their ability to
activate small molecules. The mechanism is generally believed to involve two‐electron …

As part of our ongoing studies of water tolerant Lewis acids, we have synthesized and
investigated the properties of Sb (C6F5) 3 (O2C6Cl4), a fluorinated stiborane whose Lewis …