Issue 70, 2014
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Chemical Communications

Frustrated Lewis pair-mediated C–O or C–H bond activation of ethers†

Michael H. Holthausen,a   Tayseer Mahdi,a   Christoph Schlepphorst,b   Lindsay J. Hounjet,a   Jan J. Weigand*b  and  Douglas W. Stephan*ac  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
E-mail: dstephan@chem.utoronto.ca

b Institut für Anorganische Koordinationschemie, TU Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
E-mail: jan.weigand@tu-dresden.de
Fax: +49-351-83-33126

c Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University (KAU), Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Protocols for the FLP-mediated transformation of ethers are presented. Distinct reaction pathways involving either C–O or C–H bond activation occur depending on the application of oxophilic B(C6F5)3 or hydridophilic tritylium ions as the Lewis acid.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC01922A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
14 Mar 2014
Accepted
15 Jul 2014
First published
15 Jul 2014

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 10038-10040

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Frustrated Lewis pair-mediated C–O or C–H bond activation of ethers

M. H. Holthausen, T. Mahdi, C. Schlepphorst, L. J. Hounjet, J. J. Weigand and D. W. Stephan, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 10038 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC01922A

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