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Heterolytic H 2 Activation by Nonmetals
Author(s) -
Kenward Alyson L.,
Piers Warren E.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200702816
Subject(s) - heterolysis , lewis acids and bases , cleavage (geology) , chemistry , transition metal , frustrated lewis pair , nice , photochemistry , stereochemistry , catalysis , materials science , organic chemistry , computer science , fracture (geology) , composite material , programming language
Nice cleavage : Two new strategies for the transition‐metal‐free activation of σ bonds are presented, namely, Bertrand's activation of dihydrogen by carbenes (see picture, left) and Stephan's “frustrated” Lewis acid/base pairs (right; R=Me 3 C 6 H 2 ).