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Photoinduced and Thermal Single-Electron Transfer to Generate Radicals from Frustrated Lewis Pairs.


ABSTRACT: Archetypal phosphine/borane frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) are famed for their ability to activate small molecules. The mechanism is generally believed to involve two-electron processes. However, the detection of radical intermediates indicates that single-electron transfer (SET) generating frustrated radical pairs could also play an important role. These highly reactive radical species typically have significantly higher energy than the FLP, which prompted this investigation into their formation. Herein, we provide evidence that the classical phosphine/borane combinations PMes3 /B(C6 F5 )3 and PtBu3 /B(C6 F5 )3 both form an electron donor-acceptor (charge-transfer) complex that undergoes visible-light-induced SET to form the corresponding highly reactive radical-ion pairs. Subsequently, we show that by tuning the properties of the Lewis acid/base pair, the energy required for SET can be reduced to become thermally accessible.

SUBMITTER: Holtrop F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7496419 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Photoinduced and Thermal Single-Electron Transfer to Generate Radicals from Frustrated Lewis Pairs.

Holtrop Flip F   Jupp Andrew R AR   van Leest Nicolaas P NP   Paradiz Dominguez Maximilian M   Williams René M RM   Brouwer Albert M AM   de Bruin Bas B   Ehlers Andreas W AW   Slootweg J Chris JC  

Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) 20200701 41


Archetypal phosphine/borane frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) are famed for their ability to activate small molecules. The mechanism is generally believed to involve two-electron processes. However, the detection of radical intermediates indicates that single-electron transfer (SET) generating frustrated radical pairs could also play an important role. These highly reactive radical species typically have significantly higher energy than the FLP, which prompted this investigation into their formation  ...[more]

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