50 years ago, Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta were awarded the Nobel Prize for their discovery
of the catalytic polymerization of ethylene and propylene using titanium compounds and …

The articulation of the notion of “frustrated Lewis pairs”(FLPs), which emerged from the
discovery that H2 can be reversibly activated by combinations of sterically encumbered …

The field of heterobimetallic chemistry has rapidly expanded over the last decade. In
addition to their interesting structural features, heterobimetallic structures have been found …

The first example of a frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) solely constructed around transition metal
centers is described in this work. We have focused on the established capacity of Au (I) and …

Activation of atmospherically abundant dinitrogen (N2) by metal-free species under mild
reaction conditions has been one of the most challenging areas in chemistry for decades …

We report intermolecular transition metal frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) based on
zirconocene aryloxide and phosphine moieties that exhibit a broad range of small molecule …

Activation of the strongest triplet bond in molecular nitrogen (N2) under mild conditions is
particularly challenging. Recently, its fixation and reduction were achieved by highly reactive …

A joint experimental/computational effort to elucidate the mechanism of dihydrogen
activation by a gold (I)/platinum (0) metal‐only frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) is described …

Methyl abstraction from neutral [Cp2ZrMe (ERR′)] complexes 1 (E= N, P; R, R′= alkyl,
aryl) with either B (C6F5) 3 or [Ph3C][B (C6F5) 4] results in the formation of [Cp2Zr …

The principle of frustrated Lewis acid/base pairs has reached gold chemistry. Based on
sterical repulsion at the gold center, an otherwise typical coordination can be prevented …