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Communication
Facile Carbon Monoxide Reduction at Intramolecular Frustrated Phosphane/Borane Lewis Pair Templates†
Article first published online: 15 JAN 2013
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201208750
Copyright © 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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How to Cite
Sajid, M., Elmer, L.-M., Rosorius, C., Daniliuc, C. G., Grimme, S., Kehr, G. and Erker, G. (2013), Facile Carbon Monoxide Reduction at Intramolecular Frustrated Phosphane/Borane Lewis Pair Templates . Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 52: 2243–2246. doi: 10.1002/anie.201208750
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Publication History
- Issue published online: 13 FEB 2013
- Article first published online: 15 JAN 2013
- Manuscript Received: 31 OCT 2012
Funded by
- European Research Council
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Keywords:
- boron;
- carbon monoxide;
- frustrated Lewis pairs;
- phosphorus;
- reduction
A new reaction pathway: Carbon monoxide is readily reduced by Piers' borane at a frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) to yield a formylborane stabilized by the FLP (see picture). This reaction may be considered a typical example of efficient activation of a small molecule by a FLP.