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Frustrated Lewis Pairs-2 - Franklin Chm Colostate

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H 2 Cleavage by the <strong>Frustrated</strong> Complex<br />

• stabilizaCon energy of -­‐11.5 kcal/mol<br />

• dispersion interacCons<br />

• mulCple C-­‐H F hydrogen bonds<br />

• planar BC 3 unit = no charge transfer<br />

• structural flexibility allows H 2 access<br />

• H-­‐H polarizaCon in TS<br />

• simultaneous tBu 3 P σ*(H 2 ) and σ<br />

(H 2 ) B(C 6 F 5 ) 3 leads to H-­‐H cleavage<br />

Rokob, T. A.; Hamza, A.; SCrling, A.; Soós, T.; Pápai, I. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 2435.

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