Intramolecular vicinal and geminal frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) featuring bulky substituents
at phosphorus or nitrogen and strongly electron-withdrawing bulky pentafluorophenyl …

The tetramethylene-bridged PMes2/B (C6F5) 2 frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) 8 was prepared
by hydroboration of Mes2P–(CH2) 2CH CH2 with HB (C6F5) 2. It is an active FLP that …

The concept of Frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) has proved to be a general principle for the
activation and reactivity of small molecules. In this review, we focus on the chemistry of FLPs …

The intramolecular frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) Mes2PCH2CH2B (C6F5) 2 4 adds
cooperatively to carbon monoxide to form the five-membered heterocyclic carbonyl …

Hydroboration of dimesitylnorbornenylphosphane with Piers' borane [HB (C6F5) 2] gave the
frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) 4 in good yield. It has the− PMes2 Lewis base attached at the 2 …

2-Propenylbis (pentafluorophenyl) phosphane adds Piers' borane [HB (C6F5) 2] with anti-
Markovnikov orientation to yield the intramolecular vicinal frustrated P/B Lewis pair 10. The …

The reactions of allenes with frustrated (or cooperative) Lewis acid/base pairs result in the 1,
4-addition of the base pair to the allene. The reactions of allenyl ketones and esters just in …

A new six‐membered cyclic frustrated phosphane/borane Lewis pair was liberated from its
HB (C6F5) 2 adduct by treatment with vinylcyclohexane. The system is an active frustrated …

DFT calculations show that H2 and CO2 activation by bridged phosphane/borane frustrated
Lewis pairs (FLPs) experience a one-step concerted mechanism with small reaction …

The reaction of the N-heterocyclic carbene 1, 3-di-tert-butyl-4, 5-dimethylimidazolin-2-
ylidene (1b) with trimethylsilyl iodide, triflate and triflimidate [Me3SiX, X= I, CF3SO3 …