| Literature DB >> 20449131 |
Dirk Holschumacher1, Christina Taouss, Thomas Bannenberg, Cristian G Hrib, Constantin G Daniliuc, Peter G Jones, M Tamm.
Abstract
The sterically demanding carbene 1,3-di-tert-butylimidazolidin-2-ylidene and B(C(6)F(5))(3) form a "frustrated" Lewis pair (FLP), which is able to cleave dihydrogen heterolytically. In the absence of reactants, this FLP system exhibits dehydrogenation reactivity to give a mixture of an imidazolidinium borate and an abnormal carbene-borane adduct.Entities:
Year: 2009 PMID: 20449131 DOI: 10.1039/b908074k
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Dalton Trans ISSN: 1477-9226 Impact factor: 4.390