TY - JOUR A1 - Samigullin, Kamil A1 - Georg, Isabelle A1 - Bolte, Michael A1 - Lerner, Hans-Wolfram A1 - Wagner, Matthias T1 - A highly reactive geminal P/B frustrated Lewis pair: expanding the scope to C−X (X=Cl, Br) bond activation T2 - Chemistry N2 - The geminal frustrated Lewis pair tBu2PCH2B(Fxyl)2 (1; Fxyl=3,5-(CF3)2C6H3) is accessible in 65 % yield from tBu2PCH2Li and (Fxyl)2BF. According to NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography, 1 is monomeric both in solution and in the solid state. The intramolecular P⋅⋅⋅B distance of 2.900(5) Å and the full planarity of the borane site exclude any significant P/B interaction. Compound 1 readily activates a broad variety of substrates including H2, EtMe2SiH, CO2/CS2, Ph2CO, and H3CCN. Terminal alkynes react with heterolysis of the C−H bond. Haloboranes give cyclic adducts with strong P−BX3 and weak R3B−X bonds. Unprecedented transformations leading to zwitterionic XP/BCX3 adducts occur on treatment of 1 with CCl4 or CBr4 in Et2O. In less polar solvents (C6H6, n-pentane), XP/BCX3 adduct formation is accompanied by the generation of significant amounts of XP/BX adducts. FLP 1 catalyzes the hydrogenation of PhCH=NtBu and the hydrosilylation of Ph2CO with EtMe2SiH. Y1 - 2016 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/42246 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-422469 SN - 0947-6539 N1 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ VL - 22 IS - 10 SP - 3478 EP - 3484 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim ER -