title: Novel H2 activation by a tris[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]borane frustrated Lewis pair.
abstract: Tris[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]borane (1, BArF(18)), has been synthesised on a practical scale for the first time. According to the Gutmann-Beckett method it is a more powerful Lewis acid than B(C(6)F(5))(3). It forms a 'frustrated Lewis pair' with 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine which cleaves H(2) to form a salt containing the novel anion [μ-H(BArF(18))(2)](-).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Herrington
authors.forename: Alex J W
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Thom
authors.forename: Andrew J P
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Andrew E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Ashley