title: Facile reversibility by design: tuning small molecule capture and activation by single component frustrated Lewis pairs.
abstract: A series of single component FLPs has been investigated for small molecule capture, with the finding that through tuning of both the thermodynamics of binding/activation and the degree of preorganization (i.e., ΔS(⧧)) reversibility can be brought about at (or close to) room temperature. Thus, the dimethylxanthene system {(C6H4)2(O)CMe2}(PMes2)(B(C6F5)2): (i) heterolytically cleaves dihydrogen to give an equilibrium mixture of FLP and H2 activation product in solution at room temperature and (ii) reversibly captures nitrous oxide (uptake at room temperature, 1 atm; release at 323 K).
authors.affiliation: Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Dept of Chemistry, University of Oxford , South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QR, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Zhenbo
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mo
authors.affiliation: Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Dept of Chemistry, University of Oxford , South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QR, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Eugene L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Kolychev
authors.affiliation: Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Dept of Chemistry, University of Oxford , South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QR, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Arnab
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rit
authors.affiliation: Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Dept of Chemistry, University of Oxford , South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QR, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.affiliation: Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Dept of Chemistry, University of Oxford , South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QR, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Haoyu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.affiliation: Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Dept of Chemistry, University of Oxford , South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QR, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aldridge