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SUBMITTER: Scott DJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4613738 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scott Daniel J DJ Simmons Trevor R TR Lawrence Elliot J EJ Wildgoose Gregory G GG Fuchter Matthew J MJ Ashley Andrew E AE
ACS catalysis 20150817 9
Despite rapid advances in the field of metal-free, "frustrated Lewis pair" (FLP)-catalyzed hydrogenation, the need for strictly anhydrous reaction conditions has hampered wide-scale uptake of this methodology. Herein, we report that, despite the generally perceived moisture sensitivity of FLPs, 1,4-dioxane solutions of B(C<sub>6</sub>F<sub>5</sub>)<sub>3</sub> actually show appreciable moisture tolerance and can catalyze hydrogenation of a range of weakly basic substrates without the need for ri ...[more]