The synthesis and isolation of a silane adduct of an electrophilic boron species provides insight into the mechanism of metal-free catalytic reductions based on frustrated Lewis pairs.
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Stephan, D. A metal-free landmark. Nature Chem 6, 952–953 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2093
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