A Phosphorus/Aluminum‐Based Frustrated Lewis Pair as an Ion Pair Receptor: Alkali Metal Hydride Adducts and Phase‐Transfer Catalysis

Abstract

Helpful frustration: The geminal phosphorus/aluminum-based frustrated Lewis pair (Mes2P)(tBu2Al)CC(H)Ph (Mes=2,4,6-Me3C6H2) forms stable adducts with alkali metal hydrides (LiH, NaH, KH). These molecular hydride complexes display enhanced reactivity, which was demonstrated by the catalytic transformation of chlorotriphenylsilane to the corresponding hydride through a frontside SN2-f@Si pathway. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.