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Metal-free Phosphorus/Boron-species stores Hydrogen and CO2

Koop Lammertsma, Chris Slootweg, Andreas Ehlers and co-workers have reported in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (J.Am.Chem.Soc.2012, 134,201).

The group of Koop Lammertsma published on the pre-organized P/B-based Frustrated Lewis Pair tBu2CH2BPh2 (see picture) and showed that this simple main-group compound can store hydrogen as well as carbon dioxide.


Preorganized P/B-based frustrated Lewis pair

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