Frustrated Lewis pair systems have been explored efficiently in homogeneous and heterogeneous conditions for the activation and reduction of CO2 to various useful products in stoichiometric as well as in catalytic reactions.
This review is focused on the chemistry of frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) with alkynes and surveys the range of stoichiometric and catalytic reactions enabled by this concept.
The coordination, Lewis acidity and frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) chemistry of PhCH2CH(B(C6F5)2)21 and Me3SiCH(B(C6F5)2)CH2B(C6F5)22 are studied.
This review provides an overview of FLP chemistry in the field of CO2 hydrogenation, whichcovers both experimental and computational aspects, while ranging from homogeneous catalysis to recent heterogenisation strategies in porous solids.
A combined computational and experimental study reveals the mechanism for selective C–F activation by frustrated Lewis pairs (FLP) comprising of B(C6F5)3 (BCF) and 2,4,6-triphenylpyridine (TPPy), P(o-Tol)3 or tetrahydrothiophene (THT).