Contrasting the Reactivity of Ethylene and Propylene with P/Al and P/B Frustrated Lewis Pairs
- Gabriel Ménard (1407199)
- Lina Tran (1880257)
- Jenny S. J. McCahill (1880260)
- Alan J. Lough (1306146)
- Douglas W. Stephan (1264062)
Publication date
November 2013
DOIAbstract
Frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) derived from R<sub>3</sub>P (R = <i>o</i>tol, Mes) and B(C<sub>6</sub>F<sub>5</sub>)<sub>3</sub> or AlX<sub>3</sub> (X = halide, C<sub>6</sub>F<sub>5</sub>) add to ethylene. Similarly, the P/B FLP adds across propylene, whereas the P/Al systems react with propylene to effect propylene dimerization via a C–H bond activation and C–C bond formation, affording an Al-bound 2-methylpentene complex
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