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 …

FLP catalysis: main group hydrogenations of organic unsaturated substrates

J Lam, KM Szkop, E Mosaferi… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
This article is focused on recent developments in main group mediated hydrogenation
chemistry and catalysis using “frustrated Lewis pairs”(FLPs). The broading range of …

Frustrated lewis pairs

DW Stephan - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2015 - ACS Publications
The articulation of the notion of “frustrated Lewis pairs”(FLPs), which emerged from the
discovery that H2 can be reversibly activated by combinations of sterically encumbered …

Frustrated Lewis pairs: from concept to catalysis

DW Stephan - Accounts of chemical research, 2015 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) chemistry has emerged in the past decade as a
strategy that enables main-group compounds to activate small molecules. This concept is …

Catalysis with diboron (4)/pyridine: application to the broad-scope [3+ 2] cycloaddition of cyclopropanes and alkenes

Z Ding, Z Liu, Z Wang, T Yu, M Xu, J Wen… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In contrast to the extensive but non-recyclable use of tetraalkoxydiboron (4) compounds as
stoichiometric reagents in diverse reactions, this article reports an atom-economical reaction …

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 …

Lewis acidity of boron compounds

IB Sivaev, VI Bregadze - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
The effects of different electronic and structural factors in determining the Lewis acidity of
boron compounds are analyzed. Scales of Lewis acidity for boron Lewis acids based on the …

Enabling catalytic ketone hydrogenation by frustrated Lewis pairs

T Mahdi, DW Stephan - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014 - ACS Publications
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The global electrophilicity index as a metric for Lewis acidity

AR Jupp, TC Johnstone, DW Stephan - Dalton Transactions, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The global electrophilicity index, GEI, is used as a general, quantitative and base-
independent metric of Lewis acidity. This parameter has been benchmarked against the …

Metal‐free hydrogenation of unsaturated hydrocarbons employing molecular hydrogen

J Paradies - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The metal‐free activation of hydrogen by frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) is a valuable method
for the hydrogenation of polarized unsaturated molecules ranging from imines, enamines …