January 1, 2009Dalton Transactions568 citations

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

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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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Douglas W. Stephan (Thu,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a5e141d69f6c368eabc458f https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1039/b819621d

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