Olefin isomerization and hydrosilylation catalysis by Lewis acidic organofluorophosphonium salts

…, CB Caputo, R Dobrovetsky, DW Stephan

Index: Perez, Manuel; Hounjet, Lindsay J.; Caputo, Christopher B.; Dobrovetsky, Roman; Stephan, Douglas W. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2013 , vol. 135, # 49 p. 18308 - 18310

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Abstract

Organofluorophosphonium salts of the formula [(C6F5) 3–x Ph x PF][B (C6F5) 4](x= 0, 1) exhibit Lewis acidity derived from a low-lying σ* orbital at P opposite F. This acidity is evidenced by the reactions of these salts with olefins, which catalyze the rapid ...