The last decade has seen increasing interest in the design and synthesis of both inter- and intramolecular Frustrated Lewis Pairs (FLPs) as catalysts for various organic transformations. We have synthesized a family of novel intramolecular Frustrated Lewis Pairs (FLPs) that contain strongly basic guanidine units covalently linked to various moderately to weakly Lewis acidic boryl groups. The structures and applications of these newly designed “inverse” intramolecular FLPs towards small molecule activation including H<sub>2</sub>, CO and CO<sub>2</sub> will be discussed in detail.

Guanidine-based intramolecular frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs): Synthesis, structure and small molecule activation

2019 Fall National Meeting

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