The activation and utilization of substrates mediated by Frustrated Lewis Pairs (FLPs) was
initially believed to occur solely via a two-electron, cooperative mechanism. More recently …

Radical species are significant in modern chemistry. Their unique chemical bonding and
novel physicochemical properties play significant roles not only in fundamental chemistry …

Abstract Frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) are well documented for the activation of small
molecules such as dihydrogen and carbon dioxide,,–. Although canonical FLP chemistry is …

Frustrated radical pairs (FRPs) describe the phenomenon that two distinct radicals─ which
would otherwise annihilate each other to form a closed-shell covalent adduct─ can coexist …

BACKGROUND Since the work of Sabatier 100 year ago, chemists have turned almost
exclusively to metals to activate H2 by weakening or cleaving its central bond. This …

Abstract Frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) are combinations of Lewis acids and Lewis bases in
solution that are deterred from strong adduct formation by steric and/or electronic factors …

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 …

Lewis acids play a major role in all areas of chemistry. For a long time, toxic, corrosive and
oxidizing SbF5 was considered as the strongest Lewis acid known. Lately, species …

Site-selective C–H functionalization has emerged as an efficient tool in simplifying the
synthesis of complex molecules. Most often, directing group (DG)-assisted metallacycle …

Frustrated Lewis pairs have been used to activate a variety of small molecules. In this review
we focus on the recent chemistry of FLPs with CO2, CO, N2O, NO and SO2. While FLP …