The Highly Lewis Acidic Dicationic Phosphonium Salt: [(SIMes)PFPh2][B(C6F5)4]2 |
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| Authors: | Dr. Michael H. Holthausen Meera Mehta Prof. Dr. Douglas W. Stephan |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George St, Toronto Ontario M5S3H6 (Canada);2. Chemistry Department‐Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589 (Saudi Arabia) |
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| Abstract: | The dicationic imidazolium‐phosphonium salt [(SIMes)PFPh2][B(C6F5)4]2 has been prepared and shown to exhibit remarkable Lewis acidity in stoichiometric reactions and acting as an effective Lewis acid catalyst for the hydrodefluorination of fluoroalkanes and the hydrosilylation of olefins. |
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| Keywords: | carbene ligands hydrodefluorination hydrosilylation Lewis acids phosphonium salts |
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