A boron-transfer mechanism mediating the thermally induced revival of frustrated carbene–borane pairs from their shelf-stable adducts
oleh: Yoichi Hoshimoto, Mahiro Sakuraba, Takuya Kinoshita, Masaki Ohbo, Manussada Ratanasak, Jun-ya Hasegawa, Sensuke Ogoshi
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2021-09-01 |
Deskripsi
Frustrated Lewis pairs can be thermally revived from classical Lewis adducts, but the mechanism by which this occurs is not well understood. Here a combined experimental and theoretical study supports a pathway mediated by boron-jumping and dynamic conformational isomerization.