Issue 22, 2017
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Chemical Communications

Interaction of formaldehyde with a water-tolerant frustrated Lewis pair†

Ghazi Ghattas,a   Claudia Bizzarri,a   Markus Hölscher,b   Jens Langanke,c   Christoph Gürtler,c   Walter Leitner ORCID logo b  and  Muhammad Afzal Subhani ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a CAT Catalytic Center RWTH-Aachen University, Worringerweg 2, 52074 Aachen, Germany
E-mail: afzal.subhani@catalyticcenter.rwth-aachen.de

b ITMC, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 2, 52074 Aachen, Germany

c COVESTRO Deutschland AG, Building B103, 51368 Leverkusen, Germany

Abstract

A facile complexation of formaldehyde with the water-tolerant frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) B(C6F5)3/PtBu3 and its Al-analog under ambient conditions is reported. Unprecedented formaldehyde adducts 1, 2 and 4 have been identified and crystallographically characterized.

Graphical abstract: Interaction of formaldehyde with a water-tolerant frustrated Lewis pair

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC08044H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
05 Oct 2016
Accepted
10 Feb 2017
First published
10 Feb 2017

Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 3205-3208

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Interaction of formaldehyde with a water-tolerant frustrated Lewis pair

G. Ghattas, C. Bizzarri, M. Hölscher, J. Langanke, C. Gürtler, W. Leitner and M. A. Subhani, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 3205 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC08044H

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