Halogenated triarylboranes (BAr3) have been known for decades, however it has only been
since the surge of interest in main group catalysis that their application as strong Lewis acid …

In recent years, research in the fields of optoelectronics, anion sensors and bioimaging
agents have been greatly influenced by novel compounds containing triarylborane motifs …

Molecular hydrogen (H2) is one of the most important energy carriers. In the midterm future,
a huge amount of H2 will be produced from a variety of hydrocarbon sources through …

The development of a boron/nitrogen‐centered frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) with remarkably
high water tolerance is presented. As systematic steric tuning of the boron‐based Lewis acid …

Although widely used in catalysis, the multistep syntheses and high loadings typically
employed are limiting broader implementation of highly active tailor-made arylborane Lewis …

Cheminformatics-based machine learning (ML) has been employed to determine optimal
reaction conditions, including catalyst structures, in the field of synthetic chemistry. However …

Herein, we report the synthesis of [Cu (Eind2-BPEP)][PF6](2)(Eind2-BPEP= 2, 6-bis (2-Eind-
2-phosphaethenyl) pyridine, Eind= 1, 1, 3, 3, 5, 5, 7, 7-octaethyl-1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7-hexahydro-s …

A strategy for modulating the Lewis acidity of triarylboranes is proposed based on the
concept of remote back strain. Steric repulsion and noncovalent interactions, both generated …

The great potential of frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) as metal-free catalysts for activation of
molecular hydrogen has attracted increasing interest as an alternative to transition-metal …

The activation or heterolytic splitting of methane, a challenging substrate usually restricted to
transition metals, has so far proven elusive in experimental frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) …