Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2010 · 140 citations · 46 references
Natural SciencesChemistryOrganic ChemistryPhysical ChemistryTheoretical ChemistryChemical BondingElectronic StructureMolecular BondingMolecular SymmetryReaction MechanismsValence Bond TheoryElectronic Structure AnalysisFrustrated Lewis PairsLewis StructuresStructure-reactivity RelationshipsTransition State Structure
Twice frustrated: The unusual electronic distribution around the central carbon(0) atom in carbodiphosphoranes makes this center so basic that, even after a first alkylation step, it is still able to act as a cationic Lewis base in the framework of frustrated Lewis pair chemistry.
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