Issue 17, 2009

Frustrated Lewis pairs: a new strategy to small molecule activation and hydrogenation catalysis

Abstract

The combination of Lewis acids and bases that are sterically precluded from forming Lewis acid–base adducts, termed Frustrated Lewis pairs provide a unique route to the activation of small molecules and applications in catalysis.

Graphical abstract: Frustrated Lewis pairs: a new strategy to small molecule activation and hydrogenation catalysis

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
05 Nov 2008
Accepted
15 Dec 2008
First published
18 Feb 2009

Dalton Trans., 2009, 3129-3136

Frustrated Lewis pairs: a new strategy to small molecule activation and hydrogenation catalysis

D. W. Stephan, Dalton Trans., 2009, 3129 DOI: 10.1039/B819621D

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