Reversible Metal‐Free Carbon Dioxide Binding by Frustrated Lewis Pairs

Hot and bothered? Frustrated Lewis pairs comprising phosphine and borane react to reversibly bind and release CO2, offering a rare example of metal-free CO2 sequestration. The mechanism of formation of these CO2 derivatives 1 and 2 (see scheme) by almost simultaneous PC and OB bond formation was characterized by quantum chemical calculations. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than…

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