Issue 17, 2009
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Dalton Transactions

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

Douglas W. Stephan*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
E-mail: dstephan@chem.utoronto.ca
Tel: +1 416 946 3294

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.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B819621D
Article type
Perspective
Submitted
05 Xim 2008
Accepted
15 Kax 2008
First published
18 Nah 2009

Dalton Trans., 2009, 3129-3136

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