title: "Inverse" Frustrated Lewis Pairs--Activation of Dihydrogen with Organosuperbases and Moderate to Weak Lewis Acids.
abstract: A new approach to intermolecular frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) that combines readily available bulky organosuperbases with moderate to weak boron-containing Lewis acids is reported. These so-called "inverse" FLPs are demonstrated to heterolytically cleave dihydrogen, allowing for the isolation and structural characterization of various phosphonium borohydride salts; two FLPs proved to be efficient catalyst's in the metal-free hydrogenation of N-benzylidenaniline.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Texas Tech University , Box 41061, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061, United States.
authors.forename: Suresh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mummadi
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Texas Tech University , Box 41061, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061, United States.
authors.forename: Daniel K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Unruh
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Nanjing University , Xianlin Road No. 163, 210023, Nanjing, Jiangsu P. R. China.
authors.forename: Jiyang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Nanjing University , Xianlin Road No. 163, 210023, Nanjing, Jiangsu P. R. China.
authors.forename: Shuhua
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Texas Tech University , Box 41061, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061, United States.
authors.forename: Clemens
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Krempner