Dihydrogen cleavage by a dimetalloxycarbene–borane frustrated Lewis pair

• DOI: 10.1039/d1dt02273c
• Publication Date: 2021-07-20T02:44:06Z
• Authors: Albert Paparo; Anh L. P. Nguyen; Jared S. Silvia; Thomas P. Spaniol; Laurent Maron; Christopher C. Cu...; Jun Okuda
• Keywords: [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-CHEM-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Chemical Physics [physics.chem-ph]; 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

Dititanoxycarbene [(TiX3)2(μ-CO2)] (X = N[tBu](3,5-Me2C6H3)) and B(C6F5)3 cleaved dihydrogen under ambient conditions to give the zwitterionic formate [(TiX3)2(μ-OCHO-κO:κO′)(B(C6F5)3)] and the hydrido borate [Ti(N[tBu]Ar)3][HB(C6F5)3].