Exploring the reactivity of carbon(0)/borane-based frustrated lewis pairs

Abstract

chemical equation presented Twice frustrated: The unusual electronic distribution around the central carbon(0) atom in carbodiphosphoranes makes this center so basic that, even after a first alkylation step, it is still able to act as a cationic Lewis base in the framework of frustrated Lewis pair chemistry. © 2010 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.