Interaction of formaldehyde with a water-tolerant frustrated Lewis pair.

Ghazi GhattasClaudia BizzarriMarkus HölscherJens LangankeChristoph GürtlerWalter Leitner Muhammad Afzal Subhani

Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2018)

A facile complexation of formaldehyde with the water-tolerant frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) B(C6F5)3/PtBu3 and its Al-analog under ambient conditions is reported. Unprecedented formaldehyde adducts 1, 2 and 4 have been identified and crystallographically characterized.

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