'Inverse' Frustrated Lewis Pairs – Activation of Dihydrogen with Organosuperbases and Moderate to Weak Lewis Acids

Autor: Shuhua Li, Suresh Mummadi, Daniel K. Unruh, Jiyang Zhao, Clemens Krempner
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138:3286-3289
ISSN: 1520-5126
0002-7863
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b13545
Popis: A new approach to intermolecular frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) that combines readily available bulky organosuperbases with moderate to weak boron-containing Lewis acids is reported. These so-called "inverse" FLPs are demonstrated to heterolytically cleave dihydrogen, allowing for the isolation and structural characterization of various phosphonium borohydride salts; two FLPs proved to be efficient catalyst's in the metal-free hydrogenation of N-benzylidenaniline.
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