In contrast to transition metal-catalysed C–H functionalisation, highly efficient construction of
C–C and C–X (X= N, O, S, B, Si, etc.) bonds through metal-free catalytic C–H …

The advent of frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) chemistry almost a decade ago was based on the
reactivity of sterically encumbered combinations of electrophilic boranes and phosphines …

Site-selective C–H functionalization has emerged as an efficient tool in simplifying the
synthesis of complex molecules. Most often, directing group (DG)-assisted metallacycle …

In this paper, we report on the development of a bench-stable borane for frustrated Lewis
pair catalyzed reduction of aldehydes, ketones, and enones. The deliberate fine-tuning of …

meta-Hydroxylated cores are ubiquitous in natural products. Herein, we disclose the first
template assisted meta-hydroxylation reaction. Experimental and in silico studies helped us …

Monodefluorination of gem-difluoromethyl groups is achieved using a frustrated Lewis pair
(FLP) approach. Triarylphosphines and group 13 Lewis acids were surveyed as FLP …

Ketones are efficiently deoxygenated in the presence of silane using highly electrophilic
phosphonium cation (EPC) salts as catalysts, thus affording the corresponding alkane and …

Hydride abstraction represents a promising yet underexplored approach in the
functionalization of C–H bonds. In this work, we report the oxidation of α-C–H bonds of …

This account describes our work on the use of ambiphilic molecules as catalysts for the
reduction of carbon dioxide. Starting with the discovery that aluminum ambiphilic species …

A highly Lewis acidic diphosphonium dication [(C10H6)(Ph2P) 2] 2+(1), in combination with
a Lewis basic phosphine, acts as a purely phosphorus-based frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) …