"Frustrated Lewis pairs": a concept for new reactivity and catalysis.
The concept of "frustrated Lewis pairs" is described and shown to result in molecular systems capable of unique reactivity as well as applications in catalysis.
Stephan
Douglas W
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Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George St., Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada. dstephan@chem.utoronto.ca