Contents
1 Frustrated Lewis Pair Catalysis: An Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Douglas W. Stephan
2 Frustrated Lewis Pair Catalyzed Asymmetric Reactions . . . . . . . . . 29
Xiangqing Feng, Wei Meng, and Haifeng Du
3 FLP Reduction of Carbon Monoxide and Related Reactions . . . . . 87
Tongdao Wang, Constantin G. Daniliuc, Gerald Kehr,
and Gerhard Erker
4 FLP-Mediated C–H-Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Yashar Soltani and Frédéric-Georges Fontaine
5 Mechanistic Insight into the Hydrogen Activation by Frustrated
Lewis Pairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Mojgan Heshmat, Lei Liu, and Bernd Ensing
6 Lewis Acidic Boranes in Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry . . . . . . . 209
Theodore A. Gazis, Darren Willcox, and Rebecca L. Melen
7 Heterogeneous Catalysis by Frustrated Lewis Pairs . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Andrew R. Jupp
8 Lewis Acid−Base Pairs for Polymerization Catalysis:
Recent Progress and Perspectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Miao Hong
9 Frustrated Lewis Pairs Based on Transition Metals . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Nereida Hidalgo, Macarena G. Alférez, and Jesús Campos
10 Radicals in Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Flip Holtrop, Andrew R. Jupp, and J. Chris Slootweg
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