Concerted attack of frustrated Lewis acid–base pairs on olefinic double bonds: a theoretical study
- 9 May 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications
- No. 27,p. 3148-3150
- https://doi.org/10.1039/b804662j
Abstract
A computational approach reveals cooperative action of the preorganized acidic and basic centers of the frustrated P(t-Bu)3/B(C6F5)3 Lewis pair on olefinic bonds as the key to the observed regioselective addition reaction.Keywords
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