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Frustrated Lewis pairs

A metal-free landmark

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The synthesis and isolation of a silane adduct of an electrophilic boron species provides insight into the mechanism of metal-free catalytic reductions based on frustrated Lewis pairs.

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Figure 1: The long-awaited isolation and crystallographic characterization of a borane–silane adduct 2 provides insight into the mechanism of reductions catalysed by frustrated Lewis pairs.

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