Non-conventional Lewis acids and bases in frustrated Lewis pair chemistry

Abstract

The discovery of frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) was based on the reactions of combinations of sterically demanding phosphine donors and electrophilic boranes with dihydrogen. Since these early findings, the range of species that exhibit FLP chemistry has broadened dramatically to include a series of Lewis acids and bases. In this review, we describe a variety of such systems and the corresponding reactivity of FLPs derived from group 13-16 species.