Dihydrogen cleavage by a dimetalloxycarbene-borane frustrated Lewis pair.
Albert PaparoAnh L P NguyenJared S SilviaThomas P SpaniolLaurent MaronChristopher C CumminsJun OkudaPublished in: Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) (2021)
A frustrated Lewis pair of dititanoxycarbene [(Ti(N[tBu]Ar)3)2(μ-CO2)] (Ar = 3,5-Me2C6H3) and B(C6F5)3 cleaved dihydrogen under ambient conditions to give the zwitterionic formate [(Ti(N[tBu]Ar)3)2(μ-OCHO-ηO:ηO')(B(C6F5)3)] and the hydrido borate [Ti(N[tBu]Ar)3][HB(C6F5)3].