Accessing Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry from a Spectroscopically Stable and Classical Lewis Acid‐Base Adduct |
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| Authors: | Dr Timothy C Johnstone Gabriel N J H Wee Prof Dr Douglas W Stephan |
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| Institution: | Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Abstract: | B(C6F5)3 and P(MeNCH2CH2)3N form a classical Lewis adduct, (C6F5)3BP(MeNCH2CH2)3N. Although (C6F5)3BP(MeNCH2CH2)3N does not exhibit spectroscopic evidence of dissociation into its constituent acid and base, products of frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) addition reactions are seen with PhNCO, PhCH2N3, PhNSO, and CO2. Computational studies show that thermal access to the dissociated acid and base permits FLP reactivity to proceed. These results demonstrate that FLP reactivity extends across the entire continuum of equilibria governing Lewis acid‐base adducts. |
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| Keywords: | borane frustrated Lewis pairs NMR spectroscopy proazaphosphatrane X-ray diffraction |
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