title: Metal-free hydrogenation catalysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
abstract: The frustrated Lewis pair, B(C(6)F(5))(3)/Ph(2)PC(6)F(5), acts as an efficient catalyst for the hydrogenation of the polycyclic hydrocarbons including anthracene derivatives, tetracene and tetraphene, at 80 °C and 100 atm H(2) pressure via a mechanism involving protonation of polyaromatic species followed by hydride transfer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasutomo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Segawa
authors.forename: Douglas W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Stephan
mesh_terms: D001895:Boron / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D006865:Hydrogenation; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; D001895:Boron