Insights into single-electron-transfer processes in frustrated Lewis pair chemistry and related donor–acceptor systems in main group chemistry

LJC van der Zee, S Pahar, E Richards… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The activation and utilization of substrates mediated by Frustrated Lewis Pairs (FLPs) was
initially believed to occur solely via a two-electron, cooperative mechanism. More recently …

From stable radicals to thermally robust high-spin diradicals and triradicals

C Shu, Z Yang, A Rajca - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Stable radicals and thermally robust high-spin di-and triradicals have emerged as important
organic materials due to their promising applications in diverse fields. New fundamental …

Stable radical ion pairs induced by single electron transfer: frustrated versus nonfrustrated

S Kong, S Tang, T Wang, Y Zhao, Q Sun… - CCS …, 2023 - chinesechemsoc.org
Single electron transition reactions between amines (Lewis base) and B (C6F5) 3 (Lewis
acid) in cooperation with benzoquinones gave rise to a frustrated radical pair 3 and a …

Lewis Acid‐Mediated Radical Stabilization and Dynamic Covalent Bonding: Tunable, Reversible and Photocontrollable

M Liu, X Yang, Q Sun, T Wang, R Pei… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This work describes a strategy not only to isolate a dynamically stable radical with physical
property tunability, but to efficiently regulate the radical dissociation with reversibility and …

Coordination of Tetracyanoquinodimethane-Derivatives with Tris (pentafluorophenyl) borane Provides Stronger p-Dopants with Enhanced Stability

AE Mansour, R Warren, D Lungwitz… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Strong molecular dopants for organic semiconductors that are stable against diffusion are in
demand, enhancing the performance of organic optoelectronic devices. The conventionally …

Manganese (III) Nitrate Complexes as Bench-Stable Powerful Oxidants

A Saju, MR Crawley, SN MacMillan… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - ACS Publications
We report herein a convenient one-pot synthesis for the shelf-stable molecular complex [Mn
(NO3) 3 (OPPh3) 2](2) and describe the properties that make it a powerful and selective one …

The dynamic Lewis acid–carbene hybrid: Pushing the electrophilicity of carbenes to the limit

R Pei, L He, Y Zhao, X Wang - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
This work describes a Lewis-acid-coordination strategy to efficiently enhance the
electrophilicity of a carbene beyond structural modification. A hybrid BCF–DAC is formed by …

Mechanistic studies on single-electron transfer in frustrated Lewis pairs and its application to main-group chemistry

LJC van der Zee, J Hofman, JM van Gaalen… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Advances in the field of frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) chemistry have led to the discovery of
radical pairs, obtained by a single-electron transfer (SET) from the Lewis base to the Lewis …

A Universal, Highly Stable Dopant System for Organic Semiconductors Based on Lewis-Paired Dopant Complexes

O Zapata-Arteaga, A Perevedentsev, M Prete… - ACS Energy …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Chemical doping of organic semiconductors is an essential enabler for applications in
electronic and energy-conversion devices such as thermoelectrics. Here, Lewis-paired …

Lewis Acid Decorated Hexacyanodiborane (6) Dianion

L Zapf, M Finze - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
First examples of diborane (6) dianions decorated with weakly coordination B (C6F5) 3
(BCF) groups and SiEt3+ moieties have been synthesized demonstrating the synthetic …