Frustrated radical pairs in organic synthesis

M Ju, Z Lu, LFT Novaes… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Frustrated radical pairs (FRPs) describe the phenomenon that two distinct radicals─ which
would otherwise annihilate each other to form a closed-shell covalent adduct─ can coexist …

Metallomimetic chemistry of boron

MA Légaré, C Pranckevicius, H Braunschweig - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
The study of main-group molecules that behave and react similarly to transition-metal (TM)
complexes has attracted significant interest in recent decades. Most notably, the attractive …

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 …

Rationalizing the Reactivity of Frustrated Lewis Pairs: Thermodynamics of H2 Activation and the Role of Acid−Base Properties

TA Rokob, A Hamza, I Pápai - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2009 - ACS Publications
The acid− base strengths of recently reported frustrated Lewis pairs and their relation with
the thermodynamic feasibility of heterolytic hydrogen splitting reactions are analyzed in …

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 …

On the Mechanism of B(C6F5)3-Catalyzed Direct Hydrogenation of Imines: Inherent and Thermally Induced Frustration

TA Rokob, A Hamza, A Stirling… - Journal of the American …, 2009 - ACS Publications
The reaction mechanism for the transition metal free direct hydrogenation of bulky imines
catalyzed by the Lewis acid B (C6F5) 3 is investigated in detail by quantum chemical …

Reactions of phosphorus/boron frustrated Lewis pairs with SO 2

M Sajid, A Klose, B Birkmann, L Liang, B Schirmer… - Chemical …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The frustrated Lewis pair tBu3P/B (C6F5) 3 (1) readily adds SO2 to yield the zwitterionic
adduct tBu3P+–S (O)–OB−(C6F5) 3 (3). A series of intramolecular vicinal P/B FLPs Mes2P …

Synthesis of an isolable bis (silylene)-stabilized silylone and its reactivity toward small gaseous molecules

Y Wang, M Karni, S Yao, A Kaushansky… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The first bis (N-heterocyclic silylene)-stabilized zero-valent silicon compound,[SiII (Xant) SiII]
Si0 (4, Xant= 9, 9-dimethyl-xanthene-4, 5-diyl), has been synthesized via the reduction of the …

Frustrated Lewis pairs: bonding, reactivity, and applications

M Ghara, H Mondal, R Pal… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The outstanding capability of Frustrated Lewis Pair (FLP) catalysts to activate small
molecules has gained significant attention in recent times. Reactivity of FLP is further …

Frustrated Lewis Pair Behavior of Intermolecular Amine/B(C6F5)3 Pairs

T Voss, T Mahdi, E Otten, R Fröhlich, G Kehr… - …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Reactions of N, N-dimethylaniline, N-isopropylaniline, 1, 4-C6H4 (CH2NH t Bu) 2, and
benzyldimethylamine with the Lewis acid B (C6F5) 3 have been studied. In the case of N, N …