Table of contents : Preface Contents 1 Frustrated Lewis Pair Catalysis: An Introduction 1.1 Introduction 1.2 FLP Hydrogenations 1.2.1 The Beginning 1.2.2 Broadening the Substrate Scope 1.2.3 Functional-Group Tolerance 1.2.4 Catalyst Variation 1.2.5 Heterogeneous Hydrogenation Catalysis 1.2.6 Asymmetric Hydrogenation 1.3 Other Catalysis with FLPs 1.3.1 Hydrosilylation 1.3.2 Transfer Hydrogenation 1.3.3 Hydroboration 1.3.4 Amination 1.3.5 Hydroarylation 1.3.6 C–H Borylation 1.3.7 Polymerization 1.3.8 CO2 Reduction 1.3.9 C–F Derivatization 1.4 Future Directions References 2 Frustrated Lewis Pair Catalyzed Asymmetric Reactions 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Asymmetric Hydrogenation 2.2.1 Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Imines and Related Substrates 2.2.2 Asymmetric Hydrogenations of N-Heterocyclic Compounds 2.2.3 Asymmetric Hydrogenations of Silyl Enol Ethers 2.2.4 Asymmetric Hydrogenations of Ketones and Enones 2.3 Asymmetric Hydrosilylation 2.4 Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation 2.5 Miscellaneous 2.6 Summary References 3 FLP Reduction of Carbon Monoxide and Related Reactions 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Synergic FLP Binding to NO, CO, and Related Molecules 3.3 Metal-Free FLP Reduction and Coupling of Carbon Monoxide 3.4 Reaction of P/B/B FLPs with Carbon Monoxide: Formation of Macrocyclic Oligomers 3.5 Reaction of Carbon Monoxide at d0-Metallocene Cations 3.6 Conclusions References 4 FLP-Mediated C–H-Activation 4.1 Introduction 4.2 C–H Functionalization by Transition Metal Complexes 4.3 FLP Transformations: A Kinetic Concept 4.4 Functionalization of C–H Bonds Through Electrophilic Activation 4.4.1 Electrophilic Borylation Starting from Haloboranes 4.4.2 Electrophilic Borylation Starting from Hydroboranes 4.4.3 Electrophilic Silylation 4.5 Concerted Activation by FLPs 4.5.1 Activation of Alkenes and Alkynes 4.5.2 Activation of Alkanes 4.6 Catalytic C–H Borylation by FLPs 4.6.1 C–H Activation of Arenes with Aminoborane FLPs 4.6.2 Towards Practical Metal-Free C–H Borylation Methodologies 4.7 Isodesmic Borylation: Auto-Assembled FLPs 4.8 Frustrated Lewis Radicals 4.9 Concluding Remarks References 5 Mechanistic Insight into the Hydrogen Activation by Frustrated Lewis Pairs 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Types of FLPs 5.2.1 Boron and Aluminum as Lewis Acid Centers 5.2.2 Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Oxygen as Lewis Base Centers 5.3 Mechanistic Studies Using DFT Calculations 5.3.1 LA–LB Complexation 5.3.2 Transition State and Reaction Kinetics 5.3.3 Engineering FLP Reactivity 5.3.4 Ethereal Solvents as Lewis Bases 5.3.5 The Role of Water Molecules 5.4 Mechanistic Studies Using AIMD Simulation 5.4.1 Transition State Characterization by Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations 5.4.2 AIMD Simulation of Solvated Ion-Pairs 5.4.3 Free Energy Landscape of the FLP Catalyzed H2 Activation 5.4.4 Participation of Multiple Solvent Molecules 5.5 Lewis-Pair-Functionalized Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs) and Their Applications 5.5.1 Computationally Proposed LP-Functionalized UiO-66 for CO2 Hydrogenation 5.5.2 AIMD Simulations on LP-Functionalized MOFs 5.6 Summary and Outlook References 6 Lewis Acidic Boranes in Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Synthetic Routes to Boranes 6.2.1 Homoleptic Halogenated Triaryl Boranes 6.2.2 Heteroleptic Halogenated Triaryl Boranes 6.3 Boranes with Reduced Lewis Acidity Compared with B(C6F5)3 6.4 Water-Tolerant Boranes 6.4.1 Modifying Reaction Conditions 6.4.2 Design of Novel Boranes 6.5 Chiral Boranes in FLP Catalysis 6.5.1 Synthesis 6.5.2 Salt Metathesis 6.5.3 Hydroboration 6.6 Summary References 7 Heterogeneous Catalysis by Frustrated Lewis Pairs 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Semi-Immobilised Frustrated Lewis Pairs 7.2.1 Solid Lewis Base with a Soluble Lewis Acid 7.2.2 Solid Lewis Acid with a Soluble Lewis Base 7.3 Fully Immobilised FLPs 7.3.1 Solid-Supported Intramolecular FLPs 7.3.2 Solid Lewis Acid and Base 7.3.3 Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) 7.3.4 Mesoporous Silica 7.3.5 Zeolites 7.3.6 Polyoxometalate Clusters 7.3.7 Surface (Interfacial) FLPs 7.4 Concluding Remarks References 8 Lewis Acid−Base Pairs for Polymerization Catalysis: Recent Progress and Perspectives 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Lewis Pair Polymerization of Polar Vinyl Monomers 8.2.1 Petroleum-Based Polar Vinyl Monomers 8.2.2 Biomass-Derived Polar Vinyl Monomers 8.3 Lewis Pair-Mediated Ring-Opening (Co)Polymerization 8.4 Summary and Outlook References 9 Frustrated Lewis Pairs Based on Transition Metals 9.1 Introduction 9.2 TMFLPs with One Transition Metal Center 9.2.1 Early and Mid-Transition Metals 9.2.2 Late Transition Metals 9.2.3 Rare-Earth elements 9.3 Frustrated Lewis Pairs and Related Systems based on Two Transition Metals 9.3.1 Transition Metal Only Frustrated Lewis Pairs (TMOFLPs) 9.3.2 Polarized heterobimetallic compounds 9.4 Conclusion References 10 Radicals in Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry 10.1 Introduction 10.1.1 Radicals in FLP Chemistry 10.2 Reactions of FLP Systems with Radical Substrates 10.2.1 Nitrous Oxide (N2O) 10.2.2 Nitric Oxide (NO) 10.2.3 9,10-Phenanthrenequinone 10.3 Radical Generation Using a ‘Pseudo-FLP’ 10.3.1 Reduction of ‘FLP’ Lewis Acids B(C6F5)3 and Al(C6F5)3 10.3.2 Pseudo-FLP Reactivity 10.4 Single-Electron Transfer Within Frustrated Lewis Pair Systems 10.4.1 SET to Generate Radical Ion Pairs 10.4.2 Photoinduced Versus Thermal Single-Electron Transfer 10.4.3 Applications in Synthesis 10.5 Concluding Remarks References 11 Frustrated Lewis Pair Pedagogy: Expanding Core Undergraduate Curriculum and Reinforcing Fundamental Thermodynamic Concepts 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Methods 11.2.1 Participants 11.2.2 Structure of CHEM 151B 11.2.3 Incorporation of FLP Material 11.2.4 Assessments 11.2.5 Questionnaire 11.3 Results 11.3.1 Incorporation of FLP Material 11.3.2 Influence of FLP Coverage on Understanding Thermodynamics 11.4 Discussion 11.5 Conclusions Appendix 1 References Index