Reactivity of Frustrated Lewis Pair: Carbocation versus Radical Intermediates

• Published in: Chemistry : a European journal Vol. 30; no. 11; pp. e202303901 - n/a
• Main Authors: Qu, Zheng‐Wang, Zhu, Hui, Grimme, Stefan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 21.02.2024
• Subjects: carbocation; Cations; Coupling; DFT calculations; Electron transfer; FLP; Intermediates; Phosphine; Phosphines; radical; reaction mechanism; Reagents; Styrene; Styrenes; Substrates; carbocation; FLP; radical; reaction mechanism; DFT calculations

Recent reports of radical formation within frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) suggested that single‐electron transfer (SET) could play an important role in their chemistry especially for C−C coupling. In sharp contrast, our extensive dispersion‐corrected DFT calculations show that although reactive benzh...