Aromaticity-enhanced reactivity of geminal frustrated Lewis pairs
Jorge Juan Cabrera‐Trujillo, Israel Fernández
Abstract
The presence of a cyclopropenimine moiety as the Lewis base partner in geminal frustrated Lewis pairs greatly enhances the reactivity of the system towards the activation of small molecules. This is mainly due to an increase of the aromaticity strength of this fragment during the activation reaction which results in a significant gain of stability ultimately leading to low barrier and high exergonic transformations.
Topics & Concepts
GeminalReactivity (psychology)Frustrated Lewis pairMoietyAromaticityExergonic reactionChemistryLewis acids and basesMoleculeStereochemistryComputational chemistryOrganic chemistryCatalysisMedicinePathologyAlternative medicineOrganoboron and organosilicon chemistrySynthesis and Properties of Aromatic CompoundsSynthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds