Preorganized frustrated Lewis pairs

Federica Bertini; Volodymyr Lyaskovskyy; Brian J J Timmer; Frans J J de Kanter; Martin Lutz; Andreas W Ehlers; J Chris Slootweg; Koop Lammertsma

doi:10.1021/ja210214r

Preorganized frustrated Lewis pairs

J Am Chem Soc. 2012 Jan 11;134(1):201-4. doi: 10.1021/ja210214r. Epub 2011 Dec 20.

Authors

Federica Bertini¹, Volodymyr Lyaskovskyy, Brian J J Timmer, Frans J J de Kanter, Martin Lutz, Andreas W Ehlers, J Chris Slootweg, Koop Lammertsma

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

PMID: 22185581
DOI: 10.1021/ja210214r

Abstract

Geminal frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) are expected to exhibit increased reactivity when the donor and acceptor sites are perfectly aligned. This is shown for reactions of the nonfluorinated FLP tBu(2)PCH(2)BPh(2) with H(2), CO(2), and isocyanates and supported computationally.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Benzene / chemistry
Electrons*
Models, Molecular
Molecular Conformation

Substances

Benzene