title: Auto-Tandem Catalysis with Frustrated Lewis Pairs for Reductive Etherification of Aldehydes and Ketones.
abstract: Herein we report that a single frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) catalyst can promote the reductive etherification of aldehydes and ketones. The reaction does not require an exogenous acid catalyst, but the combined action of FLP on H2, R-OH or H2O generates the required Brønsted acid in a reversible, "turn on" manner. The method is not only a complementary metal-free reductive etherification, but also a niche procedure for ethers that would be either synthetically inconvenient or even intractable to access by alternative synthetic protocols.
authors.affiliation: Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, 1117, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Mária
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bakos
authors.affiliation: Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, 1117, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Ádám
authors.initials: Á
authors.lastname: Gyömöre
authors.affiliation: Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, 1117, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Attila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Domján
authors.affiliation: Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, 1117, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Tibor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Soós
keywords: boranes; catalysis; frustrated Lewis pairs; hydrogenation; reductive etherification