Electrophilic Fluorophosphonium Cations in Frustrated Lewis Pair Hydrogen Activation and Catalytic Hydrogenation of Olefins1. (14th July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: vom Stein, Thorsten; Peréz, Manuel; Dobrovetsky, Roman; Winkelhaus, Daniel; Caputo, Christopher B.; Stephan, Douglas W.
• Is Part Of: Angewandte Chemie. Volume 127:Number 35(2015)
• Page Start: 10316
• Page End: 10320
• Publication Date: 2015-07-14
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/ange.201504109
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0044-8249

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>The combination of phosphorus(V)‐based Lewis acids with diaryl amines and diaryl silylamines promotes reversible activation of dihydrogen and can be further exploited in metal‐free catalytic olefin hydrogenation. Combined experimental and density functional theory (DFT) studies suggest a frustrated Lewis pair type activation mechanism.</p> </abstract>