BACKGROUND Since the work of Sabatier 100 year ago, chemists have turned almost
exclusively to metals to activate H2 by weakening or cleaving its central bond. This …

This article is focused on recent developments in main group mediated hydrogenation
chemistry and catalysis using “frustrated Lewis pairs”(FLPs). The broading range of …

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 …

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 …

Transition metal hydrides play a critical role in stoichiometric and catalytic transformations.
Knowledge of free energies for cleaving metal hydride bonds enables the prediction of …

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 …

The bond activation chemistry of B (C6F5) 3 and related electron-deficient boranes is
currently experiencing a renaissance due to the fascinating development of frustrated Lewis …

The development of efficient heterogeneous catalysts with multiselectivity (eg, enantio-and
chemoselectivity) has long been sought after but with limited progress being made so far. To …

Asymmetric hydrogenation, a seminal strategy for the synthesis of chiral molecules, remains
largely unmet in terms of activation by non‐metal sites of heterogeneous catalysts. Herein …

This year marks the 350th anniversary of the discovery of phosphorus by the alchemist
Hennig Brand. However, this element was not included in the p-block of the periodic table …