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Frontispiece: Interaction of Metal Oxido Compounds with B(C 6 F 5 ) 3
Author(s) -
Zwettler Niklas,
MöschZanetti Nadia C.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201982462
Subject(s) - lewis acids and bases , borane , frustrated lewis pair , chemistry , steric effects , electrophile , reactivity (psychology) , adduct , moiety , tautomer , medicinal chemistry , boranes , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , boron
Lewis acid–base pair chemistry has been placed on a new level with the discovery that adduct formation between an electron donor (Lewis base) and acceptor (Lewis acid) can be inhibited by the introduction of steric demand, thus preserving the reactivity of both Lewis centers, resulting in highly unusual chemistry. In their Minireview article on page 6064 ff., N. Zwettler and N. C. Mösch‐Zanetti discuss the highly versatile Lewis pairs that are formed with the electrophilic and sterically demanding Lewis acid tris(pentafluoridophenyl)borane B(C 6 F 5 ) 3 and the oxygen atom of metal oxido complexes. In combination with the redox behavior of the highly abundant metal oxido moiety, diverse reactivity including small molecule activation, hydrogenation, hydrosilylation, valence tautomerism, and olefin metathesis is observed.