Lutidine/B(C6F5)3: at the boundary of classical and frustrated Lewis pair reactivity

Stephen J Geier; Douglas W Stephan

doi:10.1021/ja900572x

Lutidine/B(C6F5)3: at the boundary of classical and frustrated Lewis pair reactivity

J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Mar 18;131(10):3476-7. doi: 10.1021/ja900572x.

Authors

Stephen J Geier¹, Douglas W Stephan

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 3H6.

PMID: 19243095
DOI: 10.1021/ja900572x

Abstract

Classical Lewis acid-base adducts, previously thought to be unreactive, can provide access to the unique reactivity of frustrated Lewis pairs. This was demonstrated with a mixture of 2,6-lutidine and B(C(6)F(5))(3) where an equilibrium affords the adduct and yet also effects the heterolytic activation of H(2) and the ring opening of THF.