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Chemical Communications

Bis-boranes in the frustrated Lewis pair activation of carbon dioxide†

Xiaoxi Zhaoa  and  Douglas W. Stephan*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 3H6
E-mail: dstephan@chem.utoronto.ca

Abstract

Using a frustrated Lewis pair approach, the 1,1-bis-(C6F5)2BOB(C6F5)2 is shown to bind CO2 in a monodentate fashion, while the bis-boranes (X2B)2C[double bond, length as m-dash]CMe2 (X = Cl, C6F5) give bidentate chelation of CO2 affording unique heterocycles.

Graphical abstract: Bis-boranes in the frustrated Lewis pair activation of carbon dioxide

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CC04791K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 Nov 2010
Accepted
02 Dec 2010
First published
04 Jan 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 1833-1835

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Bis-boranes in the frustrated Lewis pair activation of carbon dioxide

X. Zhao and D. W. Stephan, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 1833 DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04791K

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