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 …

Conjugated ynones in organic synthesis

C Nájera, LK Sydnes, M Yus - Chemical Reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
This review article will consider the preparation and application of ynones in synthetic
organic chemistry. Concerning the preparation of these bifunctional compounds, several …

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 …

A frustrated-Lewis-pair approach to catalytic reduction of alkynes to cis-alkenes

K Chernichenko, Á Madarász, I Pápai, M Nieger… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Frustrated Lewis pairs are compounds containing both Lewis acidic and Lewis basic
moieties, where the formation of an adduct is prevented by steric hindrance. They are …

Sunlight‐Driven Decarboxylative Alkynylation of α‐Keto Acids with Bromoacetylenes by Hypervalent Iodine Reagent Catalysis: A Facile Approach to Ynones

H Tan, H Li, W Ji, L Wang - Angewandte Chemie, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A novel and practical decarboxylative alkynylation of α‐keto acids with bromoacetylenes is
catalyzed by hypervalent iodine (III) reagents when irradiation by sunlight at room …

Metal‐free Catalytic Olefin Hydrogenation: Low‐Temperature H2 Activation by Frustrated Lewis Pairs

L Greb, P Oña‐Burgos, B Schirmer… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The hydrogenation of double bonds is one of the most fundamental transformations [1] in
organic chemistry, and has numerous applications in the commodity chemical …

Chiral dienes as “ligands” for borane-catalyzed metal-free asymmetric hydrogenation of imines

Y Liu, H Du - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2013 - ACS Publications
This paper describes a highly enantioselective metal-free hydrogenation of imines using
chiral dienes as “ligands” for the generation of catalysts with HB (C6F5) 2 by hydroboration …

Implementation of cooperative designs in polarized transition metal systems—significance for bond activation and catalysis

B Chatterjee, WC Chang, S Jena, C Werle - ACS Catalysis, 2020 - ACS Publications
Bond activation and catalysis are central to the development of a sustainable energy system.
Frustrated Lewis Pairs have conceptually revolutionized the activation of inert chemical …

Facile protocol for catalytic frustrated Lewis pair hydrogenation and reductive deoxygenation of ketones and aldehydes

T Mahdi, DW Stephan - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A series of ketones and aldehydes are reduced in toluene under H2 in the presence of 5
mol% B (C6F5) 3 and either cyclodextrin or molecular sieves affording a facile metal‐free …