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Frustrated Lewis Pairs: Discovery and Overviews in Catalysis
Author(s) -
Li Nan,
Zhang WenXiong
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chinese journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1614-7065
pISSN - 1001-604X
DOI - 10.1002/cjoc.202000027
Subject(s) - chemistry , frustrated lewis pair , lewis acids and bases , catalysis , steric effects , reactivity (psychology) , borylation , adduct , electron pair , hydrosilylation , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , computational chemistry , electron , medicine , alkyl , alternative medicine , physics , pathology , quantum mechanics , aryl
Frustrated Lewis Pairs (FLPs) are derived from simple combinations of Lewis acids (electron acceptors) and Lewis bases (electron donors), in which steric demands prevent from forming classical Lewis acid‐base adducts. Since 2006, FLP chemistry has emerged as a novel strategy for the design and application of main‐group chemistry and development of new metal‐free catalytic processes. This strategy has been applied to stoichiometric reactivity and then extended to catalysis. In this review, we briefly summarize the representative discoveries and developments of FLP chemistry in the field of catalysis, including hydrogenation, hydrosilylation, reduction of CO 2 , transformations of alkynes to organic derivatives, C—H bond borylation and polymerization.