University of Toronto
Stephan Research Group
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Web of Science: H index: 96, Citations: 39,655 (Dec 15, 2024)
Research.com D index: 102, Citations: 42,071 (May 2, 2024)
Google scholar: H index 111; Citations: 50991 (Dec 15, 2024)

2024

573. D.W. Stephan, Frustrated Lewis Pairs for Metal-free Hydrogenation Catalysis, Johnson-Mathey Technology Reports, 2025, doi.org/10.1595/205651325X17313449269327.
572. L. Miao, A. Yeganeh-Salman, J. Yeung, D.W. Stephan, Synthesis and N-C Bond Cleavage Reactions for Cyclophosphazenium Dications, Dalton Trans. 2024 54, 368 – 375. D4DT02990A
571. J. Yeung, A. Yeganeh-Salman, L. Miao, D. W. Stephan, Reactions of 1,1- and 1,2-bis-boranes with a Protic Diamine and Hydrazine, Dalton Trans. 2024, 53, 18727-18735I. DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02704C

570. B. Tang, S. Ju, W. Yan, T. Chen, D.W. Stephan, Y.Wu, Reactivity of N-(isocyanoimino)triphenyl phosphorane toward group 13 Lewis acids, Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 12932 – 12935.  
569. M. Xu, T. Wang, D.W. Stephan, Reactions of the Dianion Li2[(CPPh2(S))2] with Selenium and Tellurium, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2024, 650, DOI: 10.1002/zaac.202400083 (invited issue dedicated to H. Schmidbaur for his 90th birthday).
568. C. Major, A. Lough, D.W. Stephan, A Chelated Borinium Cation, Dalton Trans. 2024, 53, 10075-10078. DOI: 10.1039/D4DT01242A
567. H. Kim, D. Mandal, J. K. J. Ng, Z-W. Qu, S. Grimme, D.W. Stephan, Fluorination/dearomatization of C6F5 groups: An FLP route to a new borane and non-coordinating anions, Chem. Eur. J. 2024, e202401776.
566. T. Wang, L. E. English, D. W. Stephan, A. R. Jupp, M. Xu, Synthesis and Reactivity of the [NCCCO]– Cyanoketenate Anion Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202402728.
565. L. Jin, L. Xiao, M. Yan, J. Xiong, Z-w. Qu, S. Grimme, D.W. Stephan, J. Guo, Readily Accessible Chiral Borane Catalysts and the Use in the Asymmetric Hydrosilylation of Imines and Quinolines CHEM CATALYSIS  2024, 100959.
564. J. Guo, M. Yan, D.W. Stephan, Frustrated Lewis pair chemistry of alkynes, Org. Chem. Front. 2024, 11, 2375-2396. DOI: 10.1039/D4QO00217B.
563. J. Thomson, S. Michailovich, J.M. Farrell, J.A. Murray, A. Lough, D.W. Stephan, Tris-phosphino-derivatives of B(C6F5)3 and [FP(C6F5)3]+ Dalton Trans. 2024, 53, 5775-5778.  DOI: 10.1039/D4DT00251B.  
562. H. Kim, A. Lough, Z-w. Qu, S. Grimme, D.W. Stephan, Addition and N=N bond cleavage of diazo-compounds by phosphino-phosphenium cations Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 1031 – 1034. DOI: 10.1039/D3CC05728C.   
561. C. Major, S. Chen, D.W. Stephan, Boron diamide derivatives containing N-N and N-P molecular fragments, Dalton Trans.  2024,  53, 2159 – 2166 DOI: 10.1039/D3DT03665K.  
560. S. Ju, B. Tang, L.L. Liu, D.W. Stephan, Y. Wu, The Lewis Superacidic Aluminum Cation: [(NHC)Al(C6F5)2]+, Chem. Commun. 2024, DOI: 10.1039/D3CC05440C.
559. V. Bedi, D. Mandal, Z. Hussain, S. Chen, Y. Wu, Z-W. Qu, S. Grimme, D.W. Stephan, The impact of Lewis acids variation on reactions with di-tert-butyl diazo diester Dalton Trans. 2024, DOI: 10.1039/D3DT03506A.

2023

558. A. Yeganeh-Salman, J. Yeung, L. Miao, D.W. Stephan, Coordination chemistry and FLP reactivity of 1,1- and 1,2-bis-boranes, Dalton Trans. 2023, 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D3DT03660J.
557. M. Yan, L. Xiao, J. Xiong, L. Jin, D.W. Stephan, J. Guo, Borane catalyzed transesterification of tert-butyl esters using α-aryl α-diazoesters Org. Biomol. Chem. 2023, 21, 8279-8283. DOI: 10.1039/D3OB01548C
556. J. Xiong, M. Yan, L. Jin, W. Song, L. Xiao, D. Xu, C. Zhai, D.W. Stephan, J. Guo, B(C6F5)3-catalyzed hydrogermylation of enones: a facile route to germacycles, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2023, 21, 8098-8101. DOI: 10.1039/D3OB01402A.  
555. T. Chen, S. Ju, M. Tong, Y. Zhao, Y. Wu, D.W. Stephan, Synthesis and characterization of phosphate-catecholate chelated Nd(III), Zr(IV) and Al(III) complexes, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2023, e202300443.

554. H. Kim, Z.-W. Qu, S. Grimme, N. Al-Zuhaika, D.W. Stephan, Phosphino-phosphinations: A Frustrated Lewis Pair route to olefin-linked bidentate phosphine-derived ligands, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023 62,  e202312587 10.1002/anie.202312587.

553. Y. Luo, Z. Zhao, T. Chen, Y. Li, Y. Zhao, Y. Wu, D.W. Stephan, Stannyl phosphaketene as a synthon for phosphorus analogues of β-lactams Chem. Comm. 2023, 2023, 59, 11592-11592 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc03117a.

552. Dipendu Mandal, Zheng-Wang Qu, Stefan Grimme, D.W. Stephan, Electron-deficient cyclopropenium cations as Lewis acids in FLP Chemistry, Chem. Comm. 2023, 59, 10956 – 10959. DOI: 10.1039/D3CC02684A

551. D.W. Stephan, Frustrated Lewis pair chemistry of CO  Chem. Soc. Rev. 2023, 52, 4632-4643. DOI: 10.1039/d3cs00294brsc.
550. Z. Hussain, Y. Luo, Y. Wu, Z-W Qu, S. Grimme, D.W. Stephan, Reactivity of Frustrated Lewis Pairs with BOC protected diazocarboxylates: FLP Capture of Diazene Chem. Comm. 2023, 59, 6191-6194. DOI: 10.1039/D3CC01571H.

549. H. Kim, D.W. Stephan, Reactive FLP-alkyne addition products: a route to anionic and zwitterionic phosphines, Dalton Trans. 2023, 52, 5023-5027, DOI: 10.1039/D3DT00607G 
548. Z. Hussain, Y. Luo, Y. Wu, Z-W Qu, S. Grimme, D.W. Stephan, Diazene Chemistry: Metal-free Models of N2-reduction intermediates, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 7101–7106.  doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c01887.
547. W. Song, J. Guo, Douglas W. Stephan, B(C6F5)3-catalyzed Wolff Rearrangement [2+2] and [4+2] cascade cyclization of α-diazoketones with imines, Org. Chem. Frontiers, 2023, 10, 1754-1758, DOI: 10.1039 /D3QO00054K.
546. T. Chen, Y. Mei, L. L. Liu, Y. Zhao, Y. Wu, D.W. Stephan, Alkoxyphosphorane /Borane Cooperative alkylations: A Frustrated Lewis Pair Version of the Mitsunobu Reaction, Chem. Eur. J. 2023, doi.org/10.1002/chem.202300264.
545. L. Xiao, L. Jin, Y. Zhao, J. Guo, D. W. Stephan, B(C6F5)3-catalyzedcyclopropanation of 3-alkenyl-oxindoles with diazomethanes, Chem. Comm.  2023, 59, 1833-1836, DOI: 10.1039/D2CC06744G.
544. D. Mandal, Z. Hussain, J. Tan, Y. Luo, H. Kim, Y. Wu, D.W. Stephan, Transient Hydroboration and hydroalumination of activated azo-species: Avenues to NBO and NAlO-heterobicycles, Chem. Comm. 2023, 59, 780-783. DOI: 10.1039/D2CC06207K
543. J. Tan, C. Hu, X. Yang, S. Ju,L.L. Cao, Y. Wu, L.L. Liu, D.W. Stephan. Structure and reactivity studies of the aluminum analogue of Piers’ borane [HAl(C6F5)2]3, Chem. Comm.  2023, 59, 282–285, DOI: 10.1039/D2CC06075B. (invited Cover).

2022

542. Z. Zhao, J. Tan, T. Chen, Z. Hussain, Y. Li, Y. Wu, D.W. Stephan, Ambiphilic behavior of Ge(II)-pseudohalides in Inter- and intramolecular frustrated Lewis pair alkyne addition reactions, Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 18670–18677.
541. L. Miao, D. W. Stephan, Reactions of Lewis acidic methylene phosphonium dications with olefins, Dalton Trans. 2022, 14049-14053. DOI: 10.1039/D2DT02855G
540. R.J. Andrews, J.R. DeBackere, D.W. Stephan Facile synthesis and Lewis acidity of donor-Stabilized Thionylium (SO2+) dications, Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 11434-11437 DOI: 10.1039/D2CC04129D.
539. D. Mandal, T. Chen, Z-w Qu, S. Grimme, D.W. Stephan, Reactions of Frustrated Lewis Pairs with Chloro-diazirines: Cleavage of N=N Double Bonds, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, doi.org/10.1002/anie.202209241.
538. J. Yeung, M. Becker, D.W. Stephan, Towards macrocyclic frustrated Lewis pairs, Dalton Trans. 2022, 51, 10871-10874; DOI: 10.1039/D2DT01716D.
537. L. Jin, X. Zhou, Y. Zhao, J. Guo, D. W. Stephan, Catalyst-dependent chemoselective insertion of diazoalkanes into N-H\C-H\O-H\C-O bonds of 2-hydroxybenzothiazoles, Org. Biomol. Chem.  2022, DOI: 10.1039/d2ob01048h.
536. D. Mandal, Z-W. Qu, S. Grimme, D.W. Stephan, Reactions of diethylazo-dicarboxylate with Frustrated Lewis pairs Chem. Eur. J. 2022, doi.org/10.1002/chem.202201701.
535. C. J. Major, Z-W. Qu, S. Grimme, D.W. Stephan, The non-innocence of trimethylsilylamide substituents in boranes and borinium cations, Chem. Eur. J. 2022, doi.org/10.1002/chem.202200698
534. Y. Wu, Z. Zhao, T. Chen, J. Tan, Z-W. Qu, S. Grimme, Y. Zhao, D.W. Stephan, The varied Frustrated Lewis Pair Reactivity of the Germylene Phosphaketene (CH{(CMe)(2,6-iPr2C6H3N)}2)GePCO  Chem. Eur. J. 2022, 10.1002/chem.202200666
533. Y. Zhao, L. Jin, J. Guo, Douglas W. Stephan, Frustrated Lewis pair-catalyzed carbazolation reaction of alkynes, Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 3039–3042. DO: 10.1039/D1CC07171H.
532. I. Elser, D.W. Stephan, 9-BBN and Chloride: A two-component catalyst system for the reduction of chlorophosphines to phosphines and diphosphines, Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 1740-1743 DOI: 10.1039/D1CC06439H.
531. T. Wang, M. Xu, A. R. Jupp, Z-W. Qu, S. Grimme, D.W. Stephan, Frustrated Lewis pair (FLP)-catalyzed hydrodehalogenation of benzyl-halides, Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 1175 - 1178. DOI: 10.1039/D1CC05943B.

2021

530. D.W. Stephan, Diverse Uses of the Reaction of Frustrated Lewis Pair (FLP) with Hydrogen, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 137, 10018– 10032.  (invited perspective) 10.1021/jacs.1c10845.
529. T. Wang, M. Xu, A. Jupp, Z-W. Qu, S. Grimme, D. W. Stephan, Selective catalytic FLP hydrogenation of CO2 in the presence of silylhalides, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 25771-25775, https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202112233 (Hot Paper).

528. T. Wang, M. Xu, A. Jupp, Z-W. Qu, S. Grimme, D.W. Stephan, Steric Influence on Reactions of Benzyl Potassium Species with CO, Chem. Asian J. 2021, 16, 3640-3644. 10.1002/asia.202101127.

527. M. Xu, T. Wang, Z-w. Qu, S. Grimme, D.W. Stephan, Reactions of a dilithiomethane with CO and N2O: An avenue to an anionic ketene and a hexafunctionalized benzene, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 25281-25285, 10.1002/anie.202111486.

526. D. Roth, J. Stirn, D.W. Stephan, L. Greb, Lewis Superacidic Catecholato Phosphonium Ions: Phosphorus-Ligand Cooperative C-H Bond Activation J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 15845–15851. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c07905

525. Y. Zhao, D. Mandal, J. Guo, Y. Wu, D.W. Stephan, B(C6F5)3-catalyzed N-alkylation of benzotriazoles with diazomethanes, Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 7758 – 7761. DOI: 10.1039/D1CC03048E (hot paper, invited cover, invited video highlight).

524. D.A. Petrone, K.M. Szkop, L. Miao, P. St. Onge, Z-W Qu, D.W. Stephan, A Primary Acyl Phosphine Stabilized by a Phosphonium Ylide, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 18547-18551. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202106846

523 K.I. Burton, I. Elser, A.E. Waked, T. Wagener, R.J. Andrews, F. Glorius, D.W. Stephan, Bipyridinium and Phenanthrolinium Dications for Metal-Free Hydrodefluorination: Distinctive Carbon-Based Reactivity, Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 11730-11737. /10.1002/chem.202101534

522. M. Xu, B. Kooij, T. Wang, J.H. Lin, Z-w. Qu, S. Grimme, D.W. Stephan, Facile synthesis of cyanide and isocyanides from CO, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 16965–16969. doi.org/10.1002/anie.202105909.

521. K.L. Bamford, Z-W. Qu, D.W. Stephan, Reactions of B2(o-tolyl)4 with Boranes: Assembly of the Pentaborane(9), HB(B(o-tolyl)(m-H))4, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 8532–8536.

520. X. Yang, R. Wei, Y. Shi, L. L. Liu, Y. Wu, Y. Zhao D.W. Stephan, Oxyphosphoranes as precursors to bridging phosphate-catecholate ligands, Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 1194-1197, DOI:10.1039/D0CC07736D (Invited back cover).

519. M. Xu, Z-W. Ou, S. Grimme, D.W. Stephan, Lithium Dicyclohexylamide in Metal-Free Fischer-Tropsch Chemistry, J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2021, 143 (2), 634-638. DOI 10.1021/jacs.0c11482.

518. D. Zhu, Z-W. Qu, J. Zhou, D.W. Stephan, The Reactivity of Isomeric Nitrenium Lewis Acids with Phosphines, Carbenes and Phosphide Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 1–8. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202004798

2020

Book Chapter: D.W. Stephan, Frustrated Lewis Pair Catalysis: An Introduction, in Topics in Current Chem.: Frustrated Lewis Pairs Ed: A.R. Jupp, C. Slootweg, 2020, accepted, (Invited).

Referred Publications

517. D.W. Stephan, Catalysis, FLPs and Beyond, CHEM, 2020, 6, 1520-1526.

516. K.L. Bamford, D.W. Stephan, Insertion reactions of the C–B–N-substituted borinium cation [MesBNiPr2]+, Dalton Trans. 2020, 49, 17571–17577. DOI: 10.1039/D0DT03665J (Hot paper). 

515. J. Zhou, H. Kim, L.L. Liu, L.L. Cao, D.W. Stephan, An arene-stabilized η5-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl antimony dication acts as a source of Sb+ or Sb3+ cations, Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 12953-12956, DOI: 10.1039/D0CC02710C.

514. B. J. Guddorf, A. Hepp, C. Daniliuc, D.W. Stephan, F. Lips, An Intermolecular FLP System derived from an NHC-coordinated Trisilacyclopropylidene, Dalton Trans. 2020, 49, 13386-13392. DOI: 10.1039/D0DT02797A.

513. A. Bodach, K.L. Bamford, L. Longobardi, M. Felderhoff, D.W. Stephan Group 13-derived radicals from α-diimines via hydro- and carboalumination reactions, Dalton Trans. 2020, 49 11689-11696, DOI: 10.1039/D0DT02498H.

512. T.N. Nguyen, I.M. Harreschou, J-H. Lee, K.C. Stylianou, D.W. Stephan, A recyclable metal-organic framework for ammonia vapour adsorption, Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 9600–9603. DOI: 10.1039/ D0CC00741B.  (Hot paper, Invited Cover).

511. R.J. Andrews, D.W. Stephan, Isolable Anionic, Neutral and Cationic Radicals from Reactions of N, N’-dimesityldiamidocarbene and Lewis Acids, Chem. Eur. J. 2020 26, 7194–7198, doi.org/10.1002/chem.202001191

510. M.C. Murphy, A. Trofimova, J.H.W. LaFortune, C.M. Vogels, S.J. Geier, J.F. Binder, C.L.B. Macdonald, D.W. Stephan, S.A. Westcott, The Phosphinoboration of Acyl Chlorides, Dalton Trans. 2020, 49, 5092-5099. (hot paper).

509. J. Lam, L.L. Cao, J. Farrell, D. W. Stephan, Reactions of Carbene Stabilized Borenium Cations, Dalton Trans. 2020, 49, 1839 - 1846.

508. J. Guo, O. Cheong, K.L. Bamford, J. Zhou, D.W. Stephan, Frustrated Lewis Pair-catalyzed double hydroarylation of alkynes with N-t-butylpyrroles, Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 1855-1858.

507. A. Briceno-Strocchia, T. Johnstone, D.W. Stephan Using Frustrated Lewis pairs to explore C-F bond activation, Dalton Trans. 2020, 49, 1319-1324;(Hot Paper).

506. K.M. Szkop, A.R. Jupp, H. Razumkov, D.W. Stephan Avenue to Phosphaalkenes from Ph3GePCO, Dalton Trans. 2020, 49, 885 - 890;

505. D. Zhu, D.W. Stephan, Addition reactions and diazomethane capture by intramolecular the P-O-B FLP: tBu2POBcat, Dalton Trans. 2020, 49, 901-910. 

2019
 Editorials 
E24. S-Y. Liu, D.W. Stephan, Contemporary Research in Boron Chemistry, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2019, 48, 3434-3435 (invited).

Book Chapters
B10. D.W. Stephan, Boron-Based Frustrated Lewis Pairs in Hydrogenation Catalysis in: The Chemistry of Organoboron Compounds (Chemistry of Functional Groups Series), Ed.: I. Marek, M. Gandelmann, 2019, accepted (invited)

504. J. Zhou, L.L. Liu, L.L. Cao, D.W. Stephan, Base-Stabilized [PO]+/[PO2]+ Cations, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 18276-18280.

503. L. L. Cao, J. Zhou, Zheng-Wang Qu, D.W. Stephan, One-Electron Transfer to Diphenyldiazomethane-Borane Adducts Prompts C-H Bond Activations, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 18487-18491.
502. L.L. Liu, J. Zhou, L.L. Cao, D.W. Stephan, Phosphaaluminirenes: Synthons for Main Group Heterocycles, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 42, 16971-16982; (Highlighted: ChemistryViews)
501. A. Trofimova, J.H.W. LaFortune, Z-W. Qu, S.A. Westcott, D.W. Stephan, 1,1 Phosphinoboration of Diazomethanes, Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 12100-12103.
500. L.L. Liu, J. Zhou, Y. Kim, L.L. Cao D.W. Stephan, Oligomerization of Phosphaalkynes Mediated by Bulky N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Avenues to Novel Phosphorus Framework, Dalton Trans, 2019, 48, 14242-14245.
499. J.H.W. LaFortune, A. Trofimova, H. Cummings, S. Westcott, D.W. Stephan, Phosphinoboration of diazobenzene: Intramolecular FLP Synthon to PN2B-Derived Heterocycles, Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 12521-12525.
498. R.L. Falconer, J.E. McGrady, M. Green, D.W. Stephan, D. Zeng, C.A. Russell, Hydrofunction-alisation of an Aromatic Triphosphabenzene, Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 12507-12511.
497. J.H.W. LaFortune, Z-W Qu, K.L. Bamford, A. Trofimova, S.A. Westcott, D.W Stephan, Double Phosphinoboration of CO2: A Facile Route to Diphospha-ureas, Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 12063-12067.
496. A. Waked, S. Chitnis, D.W. Stephan, P(V) Dications: A carbon-based Lewis acid initiators for Hydrodefluorination, Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 8971-8974 (Highlighted in SYNFACTS issue 10/2019)
495. K.M. Szkop, A.R. Jupp, H. Razumkov, M. Xu, D.W. Stephan, Diphospha-ureas from the Phosphaketene Ph3GePCO, Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 10084-10087.
494. L.L. Liu, J. Zhou, L.L. Cao, Y. Kim, D.W. Stephan, Reversible Intramolecular Cycloaddition of Phosphaalkene to an Arene Ring, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 8083−8087.
493. J. Guo, K.L. Bamford, D.W. Stephan, 9-Borabicyclo[3.3.l]nonane-induced Friedel-Crafts benzylation of arenes with benzyl fluorides, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2019, 17, 5258-5261. (invited).
492. R.J. Andrews, S.S. Chitnis, D.W. Stephan, Carbonyl and Olefin Hydrosilylation Mediated by an Air-Stable Phosphorous(III) Dication Under Mild Conditions, Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 5599-5602.
491. Y. Kim, L. L. Liu and D. W. Stephan N-Heterocyclic Carbene Derived 3-Azabutadiene as a π-Base in Classic and Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry, Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 7110-7113.
490. C. Major, Z-W. Qu, D.W. Stephan, Hydroboration without a B-H Bond: Reactions of The Borinium Cation: [(iPr2N)2B]+ with Alkyne, Nitrile, Ketone and Diazomethane Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 5155- 5158.
489. K.L. Bamford, Z-W. Qu, D.W. Stephan, Activation of H2 and Et3SiH by the Borinium Cation [Mes2B]+: Avenues to Cations [MesB(m-H)2(m-Mes)BMes]+ and [H2B(m-H)(m-Mes)B(m-Mes)(m-H)BH2]+, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 6180-6184.
488. M. Xu, A.R. Jupp, M. Ong, K. Burton, S. Chitnis, D.W. Stephan Synthesis of Urea Derivatives from CO2 and Silylamines, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 5707-5711. (Hot Paper).
487. J. Zhou, L.L. Liu, L.L. Cao, D.W. Stephan, The η5-Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl Arsenic Dication [(η5-Cp*)As(toluene)]2+ Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 5407-5412.
486..M. Bayne, D.W. Stephan, C-F Bond Activation Mediated by Phosphorus Compounds, Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 9350 -9357. (invited).
485. K.M. Szkop, M.B. Geeson, D.W. Stephan, C.C. Cummins, Synthesis of acyl(chloro) phosphines Enabled by Formal Phosphinidene Transfer, Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 3627-3631.
484. L. L. Liu, D.W. Stephan, Radicals Derived from Lewis Acid/Base Pairs, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2019, 48, 3454-3463. (invited).
483. M. Xu, A.R. Jupp, D.W. Stephan, Acyl-Phosphide Anions from Reactions of K[PtBu2] and CO, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 3548-3552.
482. L. Süsse, J. H. W. LaFortune, D. W. Stephan, M. Oestreich, Axially Chiral, Electrophilic Fluorophosphonium Cations: Synthesis, Lewis Acidity, and Reactivity in the Hydrosilylation of Ketones, Organometallics 2019, 38, 712-721.
481. D. Zhu, J. H. W. LaFortune, R. L. Melen, D. W. Stephan, Electrophilic Boron Carboxylate and Phosphinate Complexes, Dalton Trans. 2019, 48, 2038-2045.
480. J. Lam, S. Sampaolesi, J.H.W. LaFortune, J. Coe, D.W. Stephan, Design considerations for chiral frustrated Lewis pairs: B/N FLPs derived from 3,5-bicyclic aryl piperidines, Dalton Trans. 2019, 48, 133-141.
479. A.R. Jupp, D.W. Stephan, New Directions for Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry, Trends in Chemistry 2019, 1, 35-48. (inaugural issue, invited) 
478. L.L. Liu, L.L. Cao, J. Zhou, D.W. Stephan. Facile Cleavage of the P=P Double Bond in Vinyl-Substituted Diphosphenes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 273-277.
477. J. Lam, K. Szkop, E. Mosaferi, D.W. Stephan FLP Catalysis: Main Group Hydrogenations of Organic Unsaturated Substrates Chem. Soc. Rev. 2019, 48, 3592-3612.

2018
Highlights  
H16. D.W. Stephan, Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry meets Metal Organic Frameworks CHEM 2018, 4, 2483–2485, (invited). /doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2018.09.008
H15. D.W. Stephan, Dogma-Free Catalysis Nature 2018, 553, 160-161. (invited News and Views).

Refereed  Publications
A476. C.C. Johnstone, A.I. Briceno-Strocchia, D.W. Stephan, Frustrated Lewis Pair Oxidation Permits Synthesis of a  Fluoroazaphosphatrane, [FP(MeNCH2CH2)3N]+, Inorg. Chem. 2018, 57, 15299–15304.

C475. A. Hermannsdorfer, D.W. Stephan, M. Driess, Taming a silyldiium cation and its reactivity towards sodium phosphaethynolate, Chem. Commun. 2018, DOI: 10.1039/C8CC07632D.

A474. A.R. Jupp, T.C. Johnstone, D.W. Stephan, Improving The Global Electrophilicity Index (GEI) as a Measure for Lewis Acidity, Inorg. Chem. 2018, 47, 7029.

C473. S.S. Chitnis, J. LaFortune, H. Cummings, L. Liu, R. Andrews, D.W. Stephan, Phosphorus Coordination Chemistry in Catalysis: Air Stable P(III)-Dications as Lewis Acid Catalysts for the Allylation of C-F Bonds Organometallics, 2018, 37, 4540–4544. DOI 10.1021/acs.organomet.8b00686. (cover invited).

C472. J. M. Bayne, V. Fasano, K. M. Szkop, M. J. Ingleson, D. W. Stephan, Phosphorous(V) Lewis Acids: Water-Base Tolerant P3-trimethylated trications, Chem. Comm. 2018, 54, 12467-12470. DOI: 10.1039/C8CC06564K.

C471. K.M. Szkop, A.R. Jupp, D.W. Stephan, P,P-Dimethylformylphosphine: The Phosphorus Analogue of DMF,  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 12751–12755, DOI:10.1021/jacs.8b09266 (highlighted in the GDCh publication: Nachrichten der Chemie 2019)

C470. A.J. Stepen, M. Bursch, S. Grimme, D.W. Stephan, J. Paradies, Electrophilic phosphonium cation-mediated phosphane oxide reduction using oxalyl chloride and hydrogen, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 15253-15256. doi: 10.1002/anie.201809275.

C469. K.L. Banford, S.S. Chitnis, Z-W. Qu, D.W. Stephan, Interactions of C-F bonds with hydridoboranes: Reduction, Borylation and Friedel-Crafts Alkylation Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 16014 – 16018. doi.org/10.1002/chem.201804705.

A468. M. Vogler, L. Süsse, J.H.W. LaFortune, D.W. Stephan, M. Oestreich, Electrophilic Phosphonium Cations as Lewis-Acid Catalysts in Diels–Alder Reactions and Nazarov Cyclizations, Organometallics, 2018, 37, 3303–3313.

A467. J. Zhou, L.L. Liu, L.L. Cao, D.W. Stephan, The η5-Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl Phosphorus Dication: [(η5-Cp*)P]2+: A Phosphorus Super Acid,  CHEM, 2018 4, 2699–2708.  DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2018.08.038. (highlighted in Chemistry World: https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/rare-phosphorus-dication-synthesised/3009617.article).

A466. C. Schneider, J.H.W. LaFortune, R.L. Melen, D.W. Stephan, Lewis and Bronsted Basicity of Phosphine-Diazomethane Derivatives, Dalton Trans., 2018, 47, 12742–12749, DOI: 10.1039/C8DT02420K

A465. J.H.W. LaFortune, K.M. Szkop, F.E. Farinha, T.C. Johnstone, S. Postle, D.W. Stephan, Probing Steric Influences on electrophilic phosphonium cations: A comparison of [3,5-((CF3)2C6H3)3PF]+ and [(C6F5)3PF]+, Dalton Trans., 2018, 47, 11411–11419. DOI: 10.1039/C8DT02594K.

C464. L.L. Cao, D.W. Stephan, Reversible 1,1-hydridoaluminations and C-H activation in reactions of a cyclic alkyl amino carbene with alane, Chem. Comm. 2018, 54, 8407–8410. DOI: 10.1039/C8CC05013A

C463. M. Xu, A. R. Jupp, Z-W. Qu, S. Grimme, D.W. Stephan, Alkali-Metal Species in The Reversible Activation of H2 Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.  2018, 57, 11050–11054; doi.org/10.1002/anie.201806849

C462. L. Fan, A.R. Jupp, D.W. Stephan, Remote Stereochemistry of a Frustrated Lewis Pair Provides Thermal and Photochemical Control of Reactivity J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 8119–8123 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b05176 (highlighted in the GDCh publication: Nachtrichten der Chemie 2019)

C461. L.L. Liu, L.L. Cao, J. Zhou, D.W. Stephan, A Room-Temperature-Stable Phosphanorcaradiene J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 7466–7470, doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b04930

C460. K.M. Szkop, D. Zhu, L.E. Longobardi, J. Heck, D.W. Stephan, Interception of Intermediates in Phosphine Oxidation by Frustrated Lewis Pairs Dalton Trans. 2018, 47, 8933-8939. DOI: 10.1039/C8DT01717D.

C459. A. Waked, R.O. Memar, D.W. Stephan Nitrogen-Based Lewis Acids derived from Phosphonium diazo cations, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 11934 –11938 . DOI: 10.1002/anie.201804183

C458. L.L. Liu, L.L. Cao, J. Zhou, D.W. Stephan, Homolytic Cleavage of Peroxide Bond via a Single Electron Transfer of Frustrated Lewis Pair, Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 7431–7434, DOI: 10.1039/C8CC03522A

A457. J. Zhou, L.L. Liu, D.W. Stephan, N-N Coupling and Cleavage: Loss of N2 from Magnesium Diazomethane Derivatives Chem. Eur. J. 2018; 24, 8589-8595. doi.org/10.1002/chem.201802138 (highlighted in the GDCh publication: Nachtrichten der Chemie 2019)

A456. A.R. Jupp, T.C. Johnstone, D.W. Stephan, The Global Electrophilicity Index as a Metric for Lewis Acidity, Dalton Trans. 2018, 47, 7029-7035, DOI: 10.1039/C8DT01699B

C455. T.C. Johnstone, G.N. J. H. Wee, D.W. Stephan, Accessing FLP Chemistry from a Spectroscopically Stable Classical Lewis Acid-Base Adduct, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2018, 57, 5881-5884.DOI: 10.1002/ange.201802385.

C454. S. Chitnis, F. Kirscher, D.W. Stephan, Catalytic Hydrodefluorination of C-F bonds by air-stable P(III) Lewis acids, Chem. Eur.  J. 2018, 4, 6543-6546.

A453. S.S. Eaton, T. Ngendahimana, G.R. Eaton, A. Jupp, D.W. Stephan, Electron spin relaxation of a 10B-containing heterocyclic radical,  J. Mag. Res. 2018,  290, 78-84.

C452.. J. Zhou, L. L. Liu, L.L. Cao, D.W. Stephan Cyclic (Alkyl)(Amino)Nitrenium: A Nitrogen Lewis Acid with Enhanced Electrophilicity, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 3322–3326. doi.org/10.1002/anie.201713118.

C451. L. L. Cao, K.L. Bamford, L.L. Liu, D.W. Stephan, Zinc-Containing Radical Anions via Single Electron Transfer to Donor-Acceptor Adductts, Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 3980-3983. doi.org/10.1002/chem.201800607.

C450. J. Zhou, L.L. Liu, LL. Cao, D.W. Stephan, An Umpolung of Lewis Acidity/Basicity at Nitrogen by Deprotonation of A Cyclic (Amino)(Aryl)Nitrenium Cation, Chem. Comm. 2018, 54, 4390-4393, (invited cover) DOI: 10.1039/c8cc01331d.

C449. L. Liu, J. Zhou, L.L. Cao, R. Andrews, D.W. Stephan, A Transient Vinylphosphinidene via a Phosphirene-Phosphinidene Rearrangement. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 147–150. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b11791.

C448. L. L. Liu, D. W. Stephan, An Imine-Gallium Lewis Pair Stabilized Oxophosphinidene via an Unexpected Phosphirene Rearrangement, Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 1041-1044. DOI: 10.1039/C7CC09090K

C447. V. Fasano, J. H. W. LaFortune, J. M. Bayne, M. J. Ingleson, D. W. Stephan, Air- and water-stable Electrophilic Phosphonium Cations: synthesis and reactivity of P-trifluoromethyl phosphonium salts, Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 662-665 DOI: 10.1039/C7CC09128A  

C446. F.A. Tsao, D.W. Stephan, Synthesis and Reactions of 4-H-1,4-Telluraborine, Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 208-211. DOI: 10.1039/C7CC08765A

2017
Editorials 
E24. S-Y. Liu, D.W. Stephan, Contemporary Research in Boron Chemistry, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2019, 48, 3434-3435 (invited).
E23.  G. Erker, D.W. Stephan, Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry, Phil. Trans. R. Soc A. 2017 375: 20170239. (invited).
E22. M. Lautens, D.W. Stephan, Celebrating Canadian Chemistry, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, (invited editorial) doi: 10.1002/anie.201702437.

Book Chapters
B9. C.B. Caputo, D.W. Stephan, Non-Conventional Lewis Acids and Bases in Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry Structure and Bonding 2017, 171, 1-29.  DOI: 10.1007/430_2015_177 (invited, 100th Anniversary of Lewis Acid Base Chemistry).

Refereed Publications

C445. J.H.W. LaFortune, J.M. Bayne, T.C. Johnstone, L. Fan, D.W. Stephan, Catalytic double hydroarylation of alkynes to 9,9-disubstituted 9,10-dihydroacridine derivatives by an electrophilic phenoxyphosphonium dication, Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 13312-13315, DOI: 10.1039/C7CC08037A. (cover invited).

C444. K. Sato, T.T.Y. Tan, F. Schafers, F.E. Hahn, D.W. Stephan, Stephan Imidazole-stabilized, electron-deficient boron cations, Dalton Trans. 2017, 46, 16404-16407. DOI: 10.1039/C7DT04030J.

C443. C. Tang, Q. Liang, A.R. Jupp, T.C. Johnstone, R.C. Neu, D. Song, S. Grimme, D.W. Stephan, 1,1-Hydroboration and Borane Adduct of Diphenyldiazomethane: A Prelude to FLP-N2 Chemistry? Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 16588-16592 (Highlighted in Angew. Chem. as VIP)

C442. I. Mallov, A.J. Ruddy, Hui, S. Grimme, D.W. Stephan, C-F Bond Activation by Silylium/Phosphine Frustrated Lewis Pairs:  Mono-Hydrodefluorination of PhCF3, PhCF2H and Ph2CF2, Chem. Eur. J.  2017, 23, 17692-17696. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201705276

A441. A.G. Barrado, J.M. Bayne, M. Alcarazo, D.W. Stephan, Cyclopropenium- and pyridinium-substituted phosphonium salts: Lewis acid catalysts for Mukaiyama-Aldol Reaction, Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 16216-16228.

A440. M. Mehta, T.C. Johnstone, J. Lam, A. Hermannsdorfer, M. Dreiss, D.W. Stephan, Synthesis and Oxidation of Phosphine Cations, Dalton Trans. 2017, 46, 14149-14157, DOI: 10.1039/C7DT03175K.

C439. K.M. Szkop, A.R. Jupp, R. Suter, H. Grützmacher, D.W. Stephan, Borane-Stabilized Isomeric Dimers of the Phosphaethynolate Anion, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 14174-14177 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201708646.

C438. M. Xu, A.R. Jupp, D.W. Stephan, Stoichiometric Reactions of CO2 and Indium-Silylamides and Catalytic Synthesis of Ureas, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 14277-14281.  https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201708921.

A437. S.J. Geier, J.H.W. LaFortune, D. Zhu, S.C. Kosnik, C.L.B. Macdonald, D.W. Stephan, S.A. Westcott, The Phosphinoboration of Carbodiimides, Isocyanates, Isothiocyanates and CO2 Dalton Trans. 2017, 46, 10876-10885.

A436. L.L. Cao, D.W. Stephan. Homolytic Cleavage Reactions of a Neutral Electron-Precise Doubly-based stabilized Diborane(4), Organometallics 2017, 36, 3163−3170 DOI:. 10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00522

C435. F.A. Tsao, A. Sathaseevan, G. Erker, D.W. Stephan, Stoichiometric and catalytic isomerization of alkenylboranes using bulky Lewis bases Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 9458-9461. DOI: 10.1039/C7CC04904H

A434. L. Liu, L.L. Cao, Y. Shao, D.W. Stephan, Single Electron Delivery to Lewis Pairs: Small Molecules Activation to Novel Anions, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 39, 10062-10071 doi/10.1021/jacs.7b05120.

A433. I. Mallov, T. C. Johnstone, D. C. Burns, D. W. Stephan A Model for C-F Activation by Electrophilic Phosphonium Cations Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 7529-7532, DOI: 10.1039/C7CC04057A.

C432. F.A. Tsao, D.W. Stephan, Avenues for Derivatization of Te-B based Heterocycles, Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 6311-6314. DOI: 10.1039/C7CC03648E

A431. F. G. Fontaine, D.W. Stephan, On The Concept of Frustrated Lewis Pairs Philisoph. Trans. A. 2017, 375: 20170004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2017.0004 (Invited)

C430. J. Zhou, L.L. Cao, L. Liu, D.W.  Stephan, FLP reactivity of [Ph3C]+ and (o-tolyl)3P and the capture of a Staudinger reaction intermediate, Dalton Trans.  2017, 46, 9334 – 9338 DOI: 10.1039/C7DT01726J (invited cover)

A429. L. Liu, L.L. Cao, Y. Shao, G. Ménard and D.W. Stephan, A Radical Mechanism for Frustrated Lewis Pair Reactivity, CHEM, 2017, 3, 259-267. (invited cover)

A428. M. Xu, J. Possart, A. Waked, J. Roy, W. Uhl, D.W. Stephan, Halogenated Triphenyl and Indium in Frustrated Lewis Activations and Hydrogenation Catalysis, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2017, 375: 20170014. (Invited)

A427. K.L. Bamford, L.E. Longobardi, L. Liu, S. Grimme, D.W. Stephan, FLP Reduction and Hydroborations of Phenanthrene o-Iminoquinones and α-Diimines, Dalton Trans. 2017, 46, 5308-5319. DOI: 10.1039/C7DT01024A

A426. K.M. Szkop, D.W. Stephan, Metal Free Pincer Chemistry: PNP Pincer-based Polycationic Phosphonium Lewis Acids, Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 3921–3928. DOI: 10.1039/C7DT00441A.

R425. D.W. Stephan, A Tale of two Elements: The Lewis Acidity/Basicity Umpolung of Boron and Phosphorus Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56,5984 –5992.

C424. H. Jin, C. Mück-Lichtenfeld, A. Hepp, D.W. Stephan, F. E. Hahn, Small Molecule Activation with N,NR-MIC Platinum Complexes, Chem. Eur. J. 2017, accepted.

A423. J.J. Chi, T.C. Johnstone, D. Voicu, F. Dielmann, E. Kumacheva, D.W. Stephan, Quantifying CO2 Capture by Lewis Pairs, Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 3270 – 3275. DOI: 10.1039/C6SC0560.

C422. L. Liu, D. Zhu, L.L. Cao, D.W. Stephan, N-Heterocyclic Carbene Stabilized Parent Sulfenyl, Selenenyl, and Tellurenyl Cations (EH+, E = S, Se, Te), Dalton Trans. 2017, 46, 3095-3099. DOI: 10.1039/C7DT00186J. (invited cover)

R421. F.G, Fontaine, D.W. Stephan, Metal-Free Reduction of CO2, Curr, Opin. Green Sust. Chem. 2017,3, 28–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2016.11.004

A420. L.E. Longobardi, P. Zatsepin, R. Korol, S. Grimme, D.W. Stephan, Reactions of Boron-derived Radicals with Nucleophiles, J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2017, 139, 426–435.

A419. S.S. Eaton, K. Huber, H. Elajaili, J. McPeak, G.R. Eaton L.E. Longobardi, D.W. Stephan, Electron Spin Relaxation of a Boron-Containing Heterocyclic Radical, J. Mag. Res. 2017, 276, 7–13.

2016
Editorials 
E21. R.L. Melen, D.W. Stephan, Main Group Transformations, Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, (invited editorial for guest Editors)

Refereed Publications 
C418. K. Firth, D.W. Stephan, Phosphorus Lewis Acid Activation of Pd-acyl Fragment, Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 13967 – 13970 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC08561J.

A.417. J. Lafortune, T.C. Johnstone, M. Perez, D. Winkelhaus, V. Podgorny, D.W. Stephan, Electrophilic Phenoxy-substituted Phosphonium Cations, Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 18156–18162, DOI: 10.1039/C6DT03544B.

A416. C. Pranckevicius, D. Ionovan, D.W. Stephan, Three and Four Coordinate Fe Carbodiphosphorane Complexes, Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 16820–16825. DOI: 10.1039/C6DT03453E

C415. A.Augurusa, M. Mehta, M.V. Perez, J. Zhu, D.W. Stephan, Catalytic Reduction of Amides to Amines by Electrophilic Phosphonium Cations via FLP Hydrosilylation, Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 12195 – 12198 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC06914B.

C414. F. A. Tsao, A.E. Waked, L. Cao, J. Hoffmann, L Lei, S. Grimme, D.W. Stephan, S(VI) Lewis Acids: Fluorosulfoxonium Cations, Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 12418-12421 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC06929K  (invited cover).

R413. D.W. Stephan, The Broadening Reach of Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry, Science, 2016, 354, aaf7229. DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf7229. (invited)

C412. M. Fleige, J. Möbus, T. vom Stein, F. Glorius, D.W. Stephan, Metal-Free Direct Hydroboration of Alkynes with Pinacol Borane via Lewis Acid Catalysis, Chem. Commun.  2016, 52, 10830-10833.(invited cover).

A411. J. Lam, B. Günther, P. Eisenberger, P.D. Newman, R.L. Melen, C. Crudden, D.W. Stephan, Chiral Carbene–Borane Adducts: Precursors for Borenium Catalysts for Asymmetric FLP Hydrogenations, Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 15303 – 15316  DOI: 10.1039/C6DT02202B. (invited cover).

C410. L.E. Longobardi, T.C. Johnstone, R.L. Falconer, C.A. Russell, D.W. Stephan, Hydroboration of Phosphaalkynes, Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 12665–12669. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201602860.

C409. E. Mosaferi, D. Ripsman, D.W. Stephan, The Air-Stable Carbocation Salt: [(MeOC6H4)CPh2][BF4] in Lewis acid
Catalyzed Hydrothiolation of Alkenes, Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 8291-8293. DOI: 10.1039/C6CC03970G. (highlighted in www.organic-chemistry.org/Highlights/2017/11September.shtm)

A408. L. Fan, D.W. Stephan, PNPCB Heterocycles via Thermal and Lewis Acid Catalyzed trans-Hydroborations Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 9229-9234. DOI: 10.1039/C6DT01659F.

C407. J. Zhu, M. Pérez, D.W. Stephan, C_C Coupling of Benzyl Fluorides Catalyzed by an Electrophilic Phosphonium Cation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 8448-8451.

C406. S. Postle, V. Podgorny, D.W. Stephan, Electrophilic Phosphonium Cations (EPCs) with Perchlorinated-Aryl Substituents: Towards Air Stable Phosphorus-based Lewis Acid Catalysts, Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 14651–14657. DOI: 10.1039/C6DT01339B

C405. T. vom Stein, J. Möbus, D.W. Stephan, Cooperative Lewis Acidity in Borane-substituted Fluorophosphonium Cations, Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 6387-6390. DOI: 10.1039/C6CC02607A

A404. M. Mehta, I. Garcia de la Arada, M. Pérez, D. Porwal, M. Oestreich, D.W. Stephan, Phosphine Oxide Reduction Catalyzed by B(C6F5)3 and Electrophilic Fluorophosphonium Cations, Organometallics 2016, 35, 1030-1035.

C403. L.L. Cao, E. Daley, T.C. Johnstone, D.W. Stephan, Cationic Aluminum Hydride Complexes: Reactions of Carbene-Alane Adducts with Trityl-Borate, Chem. Commun.2016, 52, 5305-5307.DOI: 10.1039/C6CC01585A.

C402. C. Pranckevicius, L. Liu, G. Bertrand, D.W. Stephan, Synthesis and Adducts of a Carbodicyclopropenylidene: A Carbodicarbene based Solely on Carbon Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 5536-5540. (Highlighted in Synfacts 2016, 12, 0579.)

A401. I. Mallov, D.W. Stephan, Ferrocenyl-derived Electrophilic Phosphonium Cations (EPCs) as Lewis Acid Catalysts, Dalton Trans, 2016, 45, 5568-5574

C400. L.E. Longobardi, L. Lui, S. Grimme, D.W. Stephan Stable Borocyclic Radicals via Frustrated Lewis Pair Hydrogenation, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 2500−2503. (cited in C&E News July 25, 2016).

A399. A.M. McKinty, D.W. Stephan, Ru Alkylidene Compounds Bearing Tridentate, Dianionic Ligands: Lewis Acid Activation and Olefin Metathesis,  Dalton Trans.  2016, 45, 3844-3852. DOI: 10.1039/C5DT04481B.

C398. E. Mosaferi, L. Pan, T. Wang, Y. Sun, C. Pranckevicius, D.W. Stephan. Preparation and Reactivity of A Ru(0) Phosphino-Carbene Complex, Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 1354-1358 DOI: 10.1039/C5DT04337A

R397. J. M. Bayne and D. W. Stephan, Phosphorus Lewis Acids: Emerging Reactivity and Applications in Catalysis, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2016, 45, 765-774.  DOI: 10.1039/C5CS00516G (invited, featured on cover).

A396. J.M. Bayne, M.H. Holthausen, D.W. Stephan, Pyridinium-Phosphonium Dications: Highly Electrophilic Phosphorus-based Lewis Acids Catalysts, Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 5949-5957 (invited, featured on cover). DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03796D

C395. J. Zhu, M. Pérez, C.B. Caputo, D.W. Stephan Catalytic Catalytic Benzylations and Alkylations With Subsequent Hydrodefluorination using Trifluoromethyl Groups, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 417-21. 

2015
Editorials
E20. D.W. Stephan, G. Erker, Frustrated Lewis Pairs, Editorial Israel J. Chem. 2015, DOI: 10.1002/ijch.201510002 (invited)

Refereed Publications 

A394.. M.H. Hansmann, R.L. Melen, M. Rudolph, F. Rominger, H. Wadepohl, L.H. Gade, D.W. Stephan, A.S.K. Hashmi, Cyclopropanation / Carboboration Reactions of Enynes with B(C6F5)3 J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2015, 137, 15469-15477. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b09311

A393. D. Voicu, D.W. Stephan, E. Kumacheva, Microfluidic Separation of Ethylene and Ethane Using Frustrated Lewis Pairs ChemSusChem. 2015, 8, 4202-4208. dx.doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201501160. (highlighted in ChemistryViews)

C392. F.A. Tsao, L. Cao, S. Grimme, D.W. Stephan, Double FLP-Alkyne Exchange Reactions: A Facile Route to Te/B Heterocycles, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 13264–13267 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b09526. (Highlighted in SynFacts 2016, 12, 30.)

C391. J.M. Farrell, D.W. Stephan, Synthesis of a Diboryl N-Heterocycle and its Conversion to a Bidentate Cationic Lewis Acid, Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 14322-14325. DOI: 10.1039/C5CC06248A

C390. L.C. Wilkins, M. M. Hansmann, H. Wadepohl, B. Kariuki, L.H. Gade, A.S.K. Hashmi, D.W. Stephan, R.L. Melen, Diverging Pathways in the Activation of Allenes with Lewis Acids and Bases: Addition, 1,2-Carboboration, and Cyclization, Organometallics 2015, 34, 4127-4137..

R389. D.W. Stephan, Frustrated Lewis Pairs, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 10018–10032. DOI:10.1021/jacs.5b06794 (invited perspective, highlighted in JACS Spotlight).

C388. D. Winkelhaus, M.H. Holthausen, R. Dobrovetsky, D.W. Stephan, Phosphine and Carbene Azido-Cations: [(L)N3]+ and [(L)2N3]+ Chem. Sci. 2015, 6, 6367-6372. DOI: 10.1039/C5SC02336J

C387. T. von Stein, M. Perez, R. Dobrovetsky, D. Winkelhaus, C.B. Caputo, D.W. Stephan, Electrophilic Fluorophosphonium Cations in FLP Hydrogen Activation anc Catalytic Hydrogenations, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 10178-10182.  

A386. S.A. Weicker, D.W. Stephan, Activation of Carbon Dioxide by Silyl Triflate-Based Frustrated Lewis Pairs, Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 13027-13034. 

C385. M. Perez, T Mahdi, L.J. Hounjet, D.W. Stephan, Electrophilic Phosphonium Cations (EPCs) Catalyzed Hydroarylations and Hydrosulfurization of Olefins. Chem. Commun.  2015, 51, 11301–11304, DOI: 10.1039/c5cc03572d

C384. M.H. Holthausen, J.M. Bayne, I. Mallov, D.W. Stephan, A 1,2-Diphosphonium Dication: A Strong P-Based Lewis Acid in FLP- Activations of B−H, Si−H, C−H and H−H Bonds J. Am. Chem.  2015, 137, 7298–7301.

R383.  S. Weicker, D.W. Stephan, Main Group Lewis Acids in Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry: Beyond Electrophilic Boranes, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jap. 2015, 88, 1003-1016. doi.org/10.1246/bcsj.20150131 (Invited review, invited cover)

C382. M.A. Courtemanche, A.P. Pulis, É. Rochette, M.A. Légaré, D.W. Stephan, F.G. Fontaine, Intramolecular B/N Frustrated Lewis Pairs and the Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide, Chem. Commun.  2015, 51, 9797-9800.

A381. T. Mahdi, D.W. Stephan, Stoichiometric and Catalytic Inter- and Intramolecular Hydroamination of Terminal Alkynes by Frustrated Lewis Pairs. Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 11134-11142. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201501535 (highlighted on CEJ twitter feed)

C380. T.Mahdi, D.W. Stephan, Catalytic FLP-Hydrogenation and Reductive Deoxygenation of Ketones and Aldehydes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.  2015, 54, 8511-8514. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201503087R1

C379. M. Mehta, M.H. Holthausen, I. Mallov, M. Pérez, Z.-W. Qu, S. Grimme and D.W. Stephan Catalytic Ketone Deoxygenation mediated by Highly Electrophilic Phosphonium Cations (EPCs) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54,8250 –8254

A378. C. Pranckevicius, L. Fan, D.W. Stephan, Cyclic Bent Allene Hydrido-Carbonyl Complexes of Ruthenium: Efficient catalysts for Olefin Hydrogenation, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 5582–5589.  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b02203

C377. C. Eller, G. Kehr, C.G. Daniliuc, D.W. Stephan, G. Erker, Thiophene Synthesis by 1,1-Carboboration, Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 7226-7229.

C376. L. Longbardi, T. Mahdi, D.W. Stephan, B(C6F5)3 Mediated Arene Hydrogenation/ Transannulation of para-Methoxyanilines, Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 7114-7117. DOI: 10.1039/C5DT00921A.

A375. C.B. Caputo, D. Winkelhaus, R. Dobrovetsky, L.J. Hounjet, D.W. Stephan, Synthesis and Lewis Acidity of Fluorophosphonium Cations, Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 12256-12264, DOI: 10.1039/C5DT00217F.

C374. R.L. Melen, D.W. Stephan, Cycloaddition Reactions of (C6F5)2BN3 with Dialkyl Acetylenedicarboxylates, Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 5045-5048. DOI: 10.1039/C5DT00316D

C373. J.M. Farrell, D.W. Stephan, Planar N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Diarylborenium Cations: Synthesis via Cationic Borylation and Reactivity with Lewis Bases, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 5214-5217. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ange.201500198; Angew. Chem. 2015, 127, 5303-5306. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201500198.

C372. S. Postle, D.W. Stephan, Reactions of Iodine-Nitrene Reagents with Boranes, Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 4436-4439. DOI: 10.1039/C5DT00142K.

A371. F.A. Tsao, D.W. Stephan, Intramolecular 1,1-carboboration versus intermolecular FLP addition in reactions of boranes and bis(phenylethynyl)telluroether, Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 4287–4289. DOI: 10.1039/C4CC09258

A370. M.H. Holthausen, R.R. Hiranandani, D.W. Stephan, Electrophilic Bis-Fluorophosphonium Dications:  Lewis Acid Catalysts from Diphosphines Chem. Sci. 2015, 6, 2016-2021.  . (14th most downloaded paper in Q1 2015)

A369. J.M. Farrell, R.T. Posaratnanathan, D.W. Stephan, A Family of N-heterocyclic Carbene-Stabilized Borenium Ions for Metal-Free Imine Hydrogenation Catalysis, Chem. Sci. 2015, 6, 2010-2015 DOI: 10.1039/C4SC03675A. (12th most downloaded paper in Q1 2015)

A368. M. Pérez, Z-W Qu, C.B. Caputo, V. Podgorny, L.J. Hounjet, A. Hansen, S. Grimme, D.W. Stephan, Hydrosilylation of Ketones, Imines and Nitriles Catalyzed by Electrophilic Phosphonium Cations: Functional Group Selectivity and Mechanistic Considerations Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 6491-6500. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201406356.

A367. R. Dobrovetsky, K. Takeuchi, D.W. Stephan, Metal-free Lewis Acid Mediated Dehydrocoupling of Phosphines and Concurrent Hydrogenation Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 2396-2398.

R366. D.W. Stephan, G. Erker, Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry: Development and Perspectives, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54,6400–6441 (Invited review, in top 5 cited papers in Angew. Chem in 2017.).

A365. F. Dahcheh, D.W. Stephan, Bis-Mixed-Carbene Ruthenium-Thiolate-Alkylidene Complexes, Dalton Trans. 2015, 44 (4), 1724-1733.

R364. D.W. Stephan, Frustrated Lewis Pairs: From Concept to Catalysis. Acct. Chem. Res. 2015, 48, 306–316. DOI: 10.1021/ar500375j.

A363. B. Bagh, A.M. McKinty, A. J. Lough, D.W. Stephan, 1,2,3-Triazolylidene Ruthenium(II)-Cyclometalated Complexes and Olefin Selective Hydrogenation Catalysis, Dalton Trans. 2015, ,44, 2712 – 2723, DOI: 10.1039/C4DT03156C. (cover invited, declined).

A362. Z. Zhang, R.M. Edkins, J. Nitsch, K. Fucke, A. Steffen, L.E. Longobardi, D.W. Stephan, C. Lambert. T.B. Marder, Optical and Electronic Properties of Organoboron Compounds with Strongly Electron-Accepting Bis(fluoromesityl)boryl Groups, Chem. Sci. 2015, 6(1), 308-321, DOI: 10.1039/C4SC02410A,

C361. F.A. Tsao, D.W Stephan, 1,1-Carboboration to Tellurium–Boron Intramolecular Frustrated Lewis Pairs, Dalton Trans. 2015, 44 (1), 71-74 DOI: 10.1039/C4DT03241A

A360. M.H. Holthausen, M. Colussi, D.W. Stephan, B(C6F5)3-Mediated Transformations and Hydrogenation of Carbodiimides, Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 2133-2199, doi.org/10.1002/chem.201405014

C359. L.E. Longobardi, V. Wolter, D.W. Stephan, Frustrated Lewis Pair Activation of N-Sulfinylamines: A Source of Sulfur Monoxide Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 809-812 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201409969.(hot paper, cover invited, highlighted in C&E News, Dec. 22 2014.)

C358. R. Dobrovetsky, D.W. Stephan, tBu3P/ZnR2 (R = Et, I) Frustrated Lewis Pairs Catalyzed Functionalization and Reduction of CO2 Israel J. Chem. 2015, 55, 206-209 DOI: 10.1002/ijch.201400121. (invited, guest Editor).

A357. F. Dahcheh, D.W. Stephan, G. Bertrand, Oxidative Addition at a Carbene Center: Synthesis of an Iminoboryl-CAAC Adduct, Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 199-204 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201405887.

2014
Highlights 
H14. D.W. Stephan, A Metal-free Landmark, Nat. Chem. 2014, 6, 1026 (invited News and Views).

Refereed Publications

C356. T. Mahdi, D.W. Stephan, Enabling Catalytic Ketone Hydrogenation by Frustrated Lewis Pairs, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136 (45), 15809–15812. (highlighted in C&E News).

C355. L.E. Longobardi, C. Tang, D.W. Stephan, Stoichiometric Reductions of Alkyl-Substituted Ketones and Aldehydes to Borinate Esters, Dalton Trans. 2014, 43 (42), 15723–15726. DOI: 10.1039/C4DT02648A

C354. F. Dahcheh, D. Martin, D.W. Stephan, G. Bertrand, A Room Temperature Stable Organoboron Isoelectronic with Singlet Carbenes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, doi: 10.1002/anie.201408371. 

A353. B. Bagh, D.W. Stephan, Half Sandwich Ruthenium(II) Hydrides: Hydrogenation of Terminal,  Internal, Cyclic and Functionalized Olefins, Dalton Trans. 2014, 43(41), 15638-15645, DOI: 10.1039/C4DT02407A.

C352. M.H. Holthausen, I. Mallov, D.W. Stephan, Phosphinimine-Substituted Boranes and Borenium Ions, Dalton Trans. 2014, 43 (40), 15201-15211. DOI.10.1039/C4DT02406K.

C351. L.E. Longobardi, C.A. Russell, M. Green, N.S. Townsend, K. Wang, A.J. Holmes, S.B. Duckett, J.E. McGrady, D.W. Stephan, Hydrogen Activation by an Aromatic Triphosphabenzene, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,  2014, 136, 13453–13457; DOI: 10.1021/ja5077525.

A350. M.M. Hansmann, F. Rominger, M.P. Boone, D.W. Stephan, A.S.K. Hashmi, Reactivity of Organogold Compounds with B(C6F5)3 – A Gold-Boron Transmetalation via σ-B/π-Au species  Organometallics, 2014, 33, 387-393.

A349. J.G.M. Morton, H. Al-Shammari, Y. Sun, J. Zhu, D.W. Stephan, 1,1-Olefin-Bridged bis(2-Indenyl) Metallocenes of Titanium and Zirconium, Dalton Trans.  2014, 43 (35), 13219 - 13231
DOI:10.1039/C4DT01583E

C348. M.H. Holthausen, T. Mahdi, C. Schlepphorst, L.J. Hounjet J.J. Weigand, D.W. Stephan, Frustrated Lewis Pair Mediated C-O or C-H Bond Activations of Ethers Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 10038 – 10040. DOI: 10.1039/C4CC01922A.

C347. O. Ekkert, C.B. Caputo, C. Pranckevicius, C.G. Daniliuc, G. Kehr, G. Erker, D.W. Stephan, Reactivity of an Intramolecular Fluorophosphonium-Fluoroborate, Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 11287-11290.  DOI: 10.1002/chem.201403110.

A346. M. Pérez, C.B. Caputo, D.W. Stephan, Olefin Transfer Hydrogenation via Electrophilic Phosphonium Catalysis of Heteroatom-Silane Dehydrocoupling, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 2014 111(30):10917-10921. doi/10.1073/pnas.1407484111 (highlighted in organic-chemistry.org).

C345. P. Jochmann, D.W. Stephan, The Synthesis and Structure of Zn(TEMPO)2 and [Zn(m-H)(m-TEMPO)]6, Chem. Commun. 2014, 8395 – 8397. DOI: 10.1039/C4CC03256J

A344. B. Bagh, Adam M. McKinty, Alan J. Lough D.W. Stephan, Selective Intramolecular C-H Bond Activation of “Click” 1,2,3-Triazolylidene Ligands in Ruthenium(II)(h6-arene) Complexes, Dalton Trans., 2014 43 (34), 12842-12850. (invited cover) DOI: 10.1039/c4dt01174k

C343. T. Wang, D.W. Stephan, Phosphine Catalyzed Reduction of CO2 with Boranes, Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 7007 - 7010, DOI:10.1039/C4CC02103G.

A342. R.L. Melen, M.M. Hansmann, S.K. Hashmi, D.W. Stephan, Lewis Acid Promoted Cyclisation of Propargyl Esters: Structural Characterisation of a Dioxolium Compound, Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 7243 – 7245, DOI:10.1039/C4CC01370K (hot paper, invited cover).

C341. M.H. Holthausen, M. Mehta, D.W. Stephan, The Highly Lewis Acidic Dicationic Phosphonium Salt: [(SIMes)PFPh2][B(C6F5)4]2, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 6538–6541 doi.org/10.1002/anie.201403693; doi.org/10.1002/ange.201403693.

C340. P. Jochmann, D.W. Stephan, Zincocene and Dizincocene N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes and Catalytic Hydrogenation of Imines and Ketones, Chem. Eur. J. 2014 20, 8370–8378, doi.org/10.1002/chem.201402875

C339. D. Winkelhaus, D.W. Stephan, Boron “Disturbed” Click Reactions Prompts C-H Activations, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 5414–5417. doi.org/10.1002/anie.201402567 and doi.org/10.1002/ange.201402567.

A338. P.K. Dornan, L.E. Longobardi, D.W. Stephan Reversible Frustrated Lewis Pair Addition of N-Heterocycles to Unsaturated C−C bonds Synlett. 2014, accepted. (Invited contribution)

C337. C. Pranckevicius, D.W. Stephan, Ruthenium Complexes of Abnormally Bound, Anionic N-Heterocyclic Carbenes, Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 6597–6602 (invited cover). doi.org/10.1002/chem.201402080.

R336. D.W. Stephan, G. Erker, Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry of Carbon, Nitrogen and Sulfur Oxides, Chem. Sci. 2014, 5, 2625 - 2641 (Invited contribution) doi=C4SC00395K.

A335. F. Dahcheh, D.W. Stephan, Reactions of Ruthenium Hydrides with Ethyl-Vinyl Sulfides, Dalton Trans. 2014, 43, 3501-3507. DOI: 10.1039/C3DT53326C.

A334. M.J. Sgro, F. Dahcheh, D.W. Stephan Synthesis and Reactivity of Ruthenium-Hydride Complexes Containing a Tripodal Aminophosphine Ligand, Organometallics, 2014, 33, 578–586. DOI: 10.1021/om4011388.

R333. L.J. Hounjet, D.W. Stephan, Hydrogenations by Frustrated Lewis Pairs: Main Group Alternatives to Transition Metal Catalysts? Organic Process Research & Development 2014, 18, 385–391.

C332. D. Voicu, R. Choueiri, M. Abolhasani, G. Lestari, C. Seiler, G. Ménard, J. Greener, A. Guenther, D.W. Stephan, E. Kumacheva, Microfluidic Studies of CO2 Sequestration by Frustrated Lewis Pairs, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 3875-80 DOI:10.1021/ja411601a

C331. M.P. Boone, D.W. Stephan, The Ru-η6-Arene Cations [((Ph2PC6H4)2B(η6‑Ph))RuX]+ (X = Cl, H) as Lewis Acids, Chem. Eur. J. 2014,. 20, 3333-3341 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201304289 (invited cover and cover profile).

C330. T. Wang, D.W. Stephan, Carbene-9-BBN Ring Expansions as a Route to Intramolecular Frustrated Lewis Pairs for CO2 Reduction, Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 3036-3039. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201304870. (among most frequently cited ones in 2014/2015 in CEJ)

A329. M. M. Hansmann, R.L. Melen, F. Rominger, A.S.K. Hashmi, D.W. Stephan, Activation of Alkynes with B(C6F5)3 – Boron Allylation Reagents Derived from Propargyl Esters J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 777−782.

C328. M.P. Boone, D.W. Stephan, Ancillary Metal Centers in Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry: Ruthenium-Acetylide as a Lewis Base in the Activation of CO2, Aldehyde and Alkyne, Organometallics 2014, 33, 387–393. DOI: 10.1021/om401118n.

C327. A.M. McKinty, D.W. Stephan, A Facile Route to Ru-Alkylidenes Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 2710-2712, DOI:10.1039/C3DT53525H

C326. J.A. Hatnean, J. Thompson, P. A. Chase, D.W Stephan, Imine Hydrogenation by Alkylaluminum Catalysts Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 301-303. DOI:10.1039/C3CC47889K.
 
2013
Books Edited 
B2. Topics in Current Chemistry: Frustrated Lewis Pairs I Ed: G. Erker, D.W. Stephan; Springer Press 2013. (27391 downloads 2013-2016)
B1. Topics in Current Chemistry: Frustrated Lewis Pairs II Ed: G. Erker, D.W. Stephan; Springer Press. 2013. (42,385 downloads 2013-2018)

Book Chapters 
B8. D.W. Stephan, Frustrated Lewis Pairs, Activation of H2 and Other Small Molecules, Comp. Inorg. Chem. II. Eds: J. Reedijk, K. Poeppelmeier, Elsevier, Oxford, 2013, 1, 1069-1103. (invited)
B7. D.W. Stephan, G. Erker, Frustrated Lewis Pairs Mediated Hydrogenations, Topics in Current Chem.: Frustrated Lewis Pairs I, Ed: D.W. Stephan, G. Erker, Springer Press 2013, 85-110.
B6. D.W. Stephan, Discovery of Frustrated Lewis Pairs: Intermolecular FLPs for Activation of Small Molecules, Topics in Current Chem.: Frustrated Lewis Pairs I, Ed: D.W. Stephan, G. Erker, Springer 2013, 1-44.

Book Reviews  
BR11. D.W. Stephan, Book Review: “Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy, 2nd Edition.” by G.A. Olah, A. Goeppert, G.K. S. Parkash, Energy Technology, 2013, 1, 777.

Highlights  
H13. D.W. Stephan, A Step Closer to the “Methanol Economy” Nature  2013, 495, 85-89 (invited highlight).

Editorials 
E19. D.W. Stephan, G. Erker (2013). Frustrated Lewis Pairs I Uncovering and Understanding Topics in Current Chem.: Frustrated Lewis Pairs I, Ed: D.W. Stephan, G. Erker, Springer Press. 2013, (332),
E18. D.W. Stephan, G. Erker (2013). Frustrated Lewis Pairs II Expanding the Scope Preface. Topics in Current Chem.: Frustrated Lewis Pairs II, Ed: D.W. Stephan, G. Erker, Springer Press. 2013, (334).

Refereed Publications
A325. P. Jochmann, D.W. Stephan, Reactions of CO2 with Heteroleptic Zn and Zn-NHC Complexes Organometallics, 2013, 32, 7503–7508. doi/abs/10.1021/om401000s

C324. M. Pérez, L.J. Hounjet, C.B. Caputo, R. Dobrovetsky, D.W. Stephan, Olefin Isomerization and Hydrosilylation Catalysis by Lewis Acidic Organofluorophosphonium Salts J. Am. Chem. Soc. . 2013, 135, 18308–18310.

C323. F. Dahcheh, D.W. Stephan. Ruthenium-thiolate-Alkylidene Complexes: Synthesis and Activity in Olefin Metathesis Organometallics, 2013, 32, 5253–5255.

C322. T. Mahdi, D.W. Stephan, Frustrated Lewis Pair Catalysed Hydroamination of Terminal Alkynes
 Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 12418–12421. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201307254 (designated a Hot Paper)

C321. A.M. McKinty, C. Lund, D.W. Stephan, A Tridentate-Dithiolate Ruthenium Alkylidene Complex: A Latent Olefin Metathesis Catalyst Activated by BCl3, Organometallics, 2013, 17, 4730–4732 DOI: 10.1021/om400794u.

C320. C.B. Caputo, L.J. Hounjet, R. Dobrovetsky, D.W. Stephan, Lewis Acidity of Organofluorophosphonium Salts: Hydrodefluorination by a Saturated Acceptor, Science, 2013, 341, 1374-1377; DOI: 10.1126/science.1241764. (highlighted in Nachtrichten Chemie, 61, 1092, Nov. 2013.

C319. K. Takeuchi, L.J. Hounjet, D.W. Stephan, Frustrated Lewis Pair-Mediated Hydrodesilylations of Silylphosphines, Organometallics, 2013, 32, 4469–4472. doi.org/10.1021/om4007278.

A318. G.Ménard, L.Tran, D.W. Stephan, Activation of H2 Using P/Al Based Frustrated Lewis Pairs and Reactions with Olefins, Dalton Trans. 2013, 42, 13685–13691. DOI:10.1039/C3DT51739J

A317. G. Ménard, T.M. Gilbert, J.A. Hatnean, A. Kraft, I. Krossing, D.W. Stephan, Stoichiometric Reduction of CO2 to CO by Phosphine /AlX3 Based Frustrated Lewis Pairs Organometallics, 2013, 32, 4416–4422 . DOI: 10.1021/om400619y

A316. R.L. Melen, M.M. Hansmann, A.J. Lough, A.S.K. Hashmi, D. W. Stephan, Cyclisation versus 1,1-Carboboration: Reactions of B(C6F5)3 with Propargyl Amides Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 11928–11938, DOI: 10.1002/chem.201301899.

C315. P. Jochmann, D.W. Stephan, H2 Cleavage, Hydride Formation, and Catalytic Hydrogenation of Imines with Zinc Complexes of C5Me5 and NHCs. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 9831–9835. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201303968. (Designated Hot Paper).

A314. J.W. Thomson, J.A. Hatnean, J.Hastie, A. Pasternak, D.W. Stephan, P.A. Chase, Improving the Industrial Feasibility of Metal-Free Hydrogenation Catalysts Using Chemical Scavengers Organic Process Research & Development 2013, 17, 1287–1292.  DOI: 10.1021/op4000847

C313. M.P. Boone, D.W. Stephan, A Ru-h6-Arene Complex as a C-Based Lewis Acid in the Activation of Hydrogen and Hydrogenation Catalysis, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 8508–8511. DOI: 10.1021/ja403912n.

A312. M.J.Sgro, D.W. Stephan Synthesis and Reactivity of Ruthenium Tridentate bis-Aminophosphine and Phosphinate Ligand Complexes Dalton Trans 42, 10460–10472. DOI: 10.1039/C3DT51065D.

C311. L.J. Hounjet, C. Bannwarth, C.N. Garon, C.B. Caputo, S. Grimme, D.W. Stephan, Ether / B(C6F5)3 Combinations Function as Hydrogenation Catalysts, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 7492–7495, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201303166 (Designated Hot Paper).

A310. R.L.Melen, A.J. Lough, D.W. Stephan, Boron Azides in Staudinger Oxidations and Cycloadditions, Dalton Trans. 2013, 42, 8674–8683,. DOI:10.1039/C3DT50791B.

C309. G. Ménard, J.A. Hatnean, H.J. Cowley, A.J. Lough, J.M. Rawson D.W. Stephan, C-H Bond Activation Using R3P/Al(C6F5)3 Frustrated Lewis Pairs and N2O J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 6446–6449 DOI: 10.1021/ja402964h.

A308. C. Pranckevicius, D.W. Stephan, Three Coordinate, Cyclic Bent Allene Fe Complexes Organometallics,  2013, 32, 2693–2697 DOI: 10.1021/om400166t

A307. G. Ménard, J.S.J. McCahill, L.Tran, A.J. Lough, D.W. Stephan, Contrasting Reactivity of Ethylene and Propylene with P/Al and P/B Frustrated Lewis Pairs, Organometallics, 2013, 32, 6759–6763 DOI: 10.1021/om400222w.(invited for Special issue on main group chemistry).

A306. T. Wang, C. Pranckevicius, C.L. Lund, M.J. Sgro, D.W. Stephan, Ruthenium-Carbene-diether Ligand Complexes: Catalysts for Hydrogenation of Olefins Organometallics 2013, 32, 2168–2177. DOI: 10.1021/om400044w.

C305. R.Dobrovetsky, D.W. Stephan, Stoichiometric Metal-Free Reduction of CO using Syn-Gas J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 4974–4977. DOI: 10.1021/ja401492s

A304. T. Mahdi, J.N.del Castillo, D.W. Stephan, Metal-Free Hydrogenation of N-based Heterocycles, Organometallics 2013, 32, 1971–1978. DOI: 10.1021/om4000727.

A303. G. Ménard, D.W. Stephan, CO2 Reduction via Aluminum Complexes of Ammonia Boranes Dalton Trans. 2013, 42, 5447-5453 .DOI: 10.1039/C3DT00098B.

C302. R.L. Melen, D.W. Stephan, Cycloaddition Chemistry of Dicyclohexylboron Azides, Dalton Trans. 42, 4795-4798 (Hot Paper). DOI:10.1039/C3DT00068K.

C301. MJ. Sgro, D.W. Stephan Activation of CO2 by Phosphinoamide Hafnium Complexes Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 2610-2612 DOI:10.1039/C3CC38286A (cover invited).

C300. R. Cariou, T. W. Graham, D.W. Stephan, Synthesis and Reactivity of Nickel-Hydride Amino-bis-Phosphinimine Complexes Dalton Trans. 2013, 42, 4237-4239
DOI:10.1039/C3DT33021D

C299. R.Dobrovetsky, D.W. Stephan, Catalytic Reduction of CO2 to CO Using Zn(II) and In situ Generated Carbodiphosphorane as a Frustrated Lewis Pairs Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 2516-2519. doi: 10.1002/anie.201208817

A298. C. Jiang, D.W. Stephan, Hydrophosphination of Vinyl-boranes with Phosphinoamines Dalton Trans. 2013, 3318-3325 DOI:10.1039/C2DT32677A

C297. L.J. Hounjet, C.B. Caputo, D.W. Stephan Phosphorus-Based Frustrated Lewis Pairs: Access to Mixed Valent Phosphorus Species, Dalton Trans 2013, 42, 2629-2635. DOI:10.1039/C2DT32711B.

C296. M. Sajid, A.Klose, B. Birkmann, L. Liang, , G. Kehr, A.J.Lough, R.Fröhlich, C.Daniliuc, B.Schirmer, S.Grimme, D.W. Stephan, G.Erker, Reactions of Phosphorus /Boron Frustrated Lewis Pairs with SO2 Chem. Sci. 2013, 4, 213-219. DOI: 10.1039/C2SC21161K.

C295. C.B. Caputo, K.Zhu, V.N. Vukotic, S.J. Loeb, D.W. Stephan, Heterolytic Activation of H2 Using a Mechanically Interlocked Molecule as a Frustrated Lewis Base, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 960-963. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201207783 (Designated a Very Important Paper, Cover invited).

A294. C. Jiang and D.W. Stephan, Phosphinimine/Borane Combinations in Frustrated Lewis Pairs Chemistry, Dalton Trans. 2013, 42, 630-637, DOI:10.1039/C2DT30720K. (Cover invited).

A293. R.C. Neu, C.Jiang D.W. Stephan, Bulky Derivatives of Boranes, Boronic Acids and Boronate Esters via Reaction with Diazomethanes, Dalton Trans.2013, 42, 726-736. DOI:10.1039/c2dt31868g.
 
2012
 Highlights  
H13. D.W. Stephan, A Step Closer to the “Methanol Economy” Nature  2013, 495, 85-89 (invited highlight).

Editorials 
E17. D.W. Stephan, Nothing Frustrating about “Frustrated Lewis Pairs” Dalton Trans. 2012, 41, 9055. (among top 10 downloaded Dalton Trans. Articles in June & July 2012).

Refereed Publications
C292. Y. Segawa, D.W. Stephan, Metal-Free Hydrogenation Catalysis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 11963-11965.(Highlighted in C&E News, Dec 24, 2012 as one of top research stories for 2012)

C291. K. Takeuchi, D.W. Stephan, Silyl-Migrations in Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry: Reactions of ((CH3)3Si) 3P and B(C6F4H)3 with H2 and CO2 Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 11304-11306.

C290. M.J. Sgro, D.W. Stephan, Frustrated Lewis Pair Inspired CO2 Reduction by a Ruthenium Tris-Aminophosphine Complex, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 11343 –11345.

C289. X.X Zhao, L.Liang, DW. Stephan, Facile Synthesis of Electrophilic Vinyl Boranes: Reactions of Alkynyl-borates and Diazonium Salts, Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 10189-10191.

C288. J. C. Farrell, J.A. Hatnean, D.W. Stephan, Activation of Hydrogen and Hydrogenation Catalysis by Borenium Cations, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 15728–15731.

C287. L. Greb, P. Ono-Burgos, B. Schirmer, F. Breher, S. Grimme, D.W. Stephan, J. Paradies, Metal-free Catalytic Olefin Hydrogenations: Low Temperature H2-Activation by Frustrated Lewis Pairs Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 10164–10168. (highlighted in C&E News, Sept 10; Highlighted in C&E News, 2012, 90, Issue 27 and 2012, 90, Issue 52 as one of top research stories for 2012, and in "Nachrichten aus der Chemie":“ Nachr. Chem. 2013, 61, 107 and Nachr. Chem. 2013, 61, 293).

A286. J.S. Reddy, B. Xu, T. Mahdi, G. Kehr, R. Fröhlich, D.W. Stephan, G. Erker, Alkenylboranes Derived Frustrated Lewis Pairs: Metal-free Catalytic Hydrogenation Reactions of Electron-Deficient Alkenes, Organometallics 2012, 31, 5638–5649.

C285. G. Ménard, D.W. Stephan, Al(C6F5)3-based Frustrated Lewis Pairs: Activation of H2, Olefin and Hydride Delivery Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 8272-8275 (Designated hot paper)

A284. C. C. Brown, D.W. Stephan, Rearrangements of Phosphinoimines to Phosphine-Imines in Ruthenium Chelate Complexes, Dalton Trans. 2012, 41, 9431-9438.

C283. M.J. Sgro, J.Dömer, D.W. Stephan, Stoichiometric CO2 Reductions using a Bis-Borane-based Frustrated Lewis Pair, Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 7253-7255.

A282. S.L. Granville, G.C. Welch, D.W. Stephan, Ni, Pd, Pt and Ru Complexes of Phosphine-Borate Ligands Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 4711–4721

C281. F. Dahcheh, D.W. Stephan, Ru and Rh Complexes of Thioether-Alkynylborates Organometallics, 2012, 31, 3222–3227.

A280. M.J. Sgro, D.W. Stephan, Ni(II), Pd(II) and Pt(II) Complexes of PNP and PSP Tridentate Amino-Phosphine Ligands Dalton Trans, 2012, 6791-6802

R279. D.W. Stephan, “Frustrated Lewis Pair” Hydrogenations Org. Biomol, Chem. 2012, 10, 5740-5746.(top 1% of cited papers in OBC 2011-2012).

A278. X.Zhao, D.W. Stephan, Frustrated Lewis Pair Olefin Addition Reactions: P-, N-, C- and H-based Nucleophilic Additions to an Olefin Tethered to Boron, Chem. Sci. 2012, 3, 2123-2132.
C277. L.J. Hounjet, C.B. Caputo, D.W. Stephan, Phosphorus as a Lewis Acid: CO2 Sequestration with Amidophosphoranes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 4714–4717.

A276. T. Voss, T. Mahdi, E. Otten, G. Kehr, R. Fröhlich, D.W. Stephan, G. Erker, Frustrated Lewis Pair Behavior of Intermolecular Amine/B(C6F5)3 Pairs, Organometallics, 2012, 31, 2367–2378.

C275. T. Mahdi, Z.M. Heiden, S. Grimme, D.W. Stephan, Metal-Free Aromatic Hydrogenation: Aniline to Cyclohexylamine Derivatives J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 4088–4091 Cited in C&E News February 2012. .(Highlighted in C&E News, Dec 24, 2012 as one of top research stories for 2012)

C274. R.C. Neu, G. Ménard, D.W. Stephan, Exchange Chemistry of tBu3P(CO2)B(C6F5)2Cl, Dalton Trans 2012, 41, 9016- 9018

C273. M.J. Sgro, D.W. Stephan, Oxidative Addition Reactions of bis-Aminophosphine and Phosphinite Ni(0) Pincer Complexes, Organometallics 2012, 31, 1584–1587.

C272. G. Ménard, D.W. Stephan, C H Activation of Isobutylene Using Frustrated Lewis Pairs: Aluminum and Boron σ-Allyl Complexes Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 4409-4412. (Designated hot paper)

C271. C.L. Lund, M.J. Sgro, R. Cariou, D.W. Stephan, A cis-bis-Mixed Carbene Ruthenium Hydride Complex: A Selective Olefin Hydrogenation Catalyst, Organometallics 2012, 31, 802–805. DOI: 10.1021/om300014r.

A270. C.L. Lund, M.J. Sgro, D.W. Stephan, Neutral and Cationic Tridentate Bis(N-heterocyclic carbene)ether Ruthenium Complexes in Metathesis Organometallics 2012, 31, 580–587 DOI: 10.1021/om200848d.

C269. C.B. Caputo, D.W. Stephan, Activation of Alkyl-C-F Bonds by B(C6F5)3: Stoichiometric and Catalytic Transformations, Organometallics, 2012, 31, 27–30.

C268. R. Neu, D.W. Stephan, Efficient Synthesis of Sterically Encumbered Electrophilic Boranes by Facile Derivitization of Triarylboranes, Organometallics, 2012, 31, 46–49.

A267. C.B. Caputo, S.J. Geier, D. Winkelhaus, N. Mitzel, V.N. Vukotic, S.J. Loeb, D.W. Stephan, The Reactions of Substituted Pyridines with Electrophilic Boranes, Dalton Trans. 2012, 41, 2131-2139.

A266. C.B. Caputo, S.J. Geier, E.Y. Ouyang, C. Kreitner, C.C. Brown and D. W. Stephan, Chloro- and Phenoxy-Phosphines in Frustrated Lewis Pair Additions to Alkynes, Dalton Trans. 2012, 41, 237-242. (Hot article, cover invited).
 
2011
 Encyclopedia Entries
EE27. D.W.Stephan, [2,3,5,6-tetrafluorophenyl][bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)phosphonium][4-[bis (2,3,4,5,6-pentafluorophenyl)borohydride], Encycl. Reag. Org. Syn. 2011, DOI: 10.1002/047084289X.rn01333 (invited).
EE26. D.W. Stephan Frustrated Lewis Acid and Base Pair Reactions, McGraw Hill 2011 Yearbook of Science & Technology 2011, https://doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.YB110009  (invited)

Refereed Publications
A265. M.P. Boone, D.W. Stephan, Reactions of Ru-alkynyl Complexes with Electrophilic Boranes. Organometallics, 2011, 30, 5537–5542.

C264. J.M. Farrell, Z.M. Heiden, D.W. Stephan Metal-Free Transfer Hydrogenation Catalysis by B(C6F5)3,Organometallics 2011,30, 4497–4500.

C263. X.Zhao, D.W. Stephan, Olefin-Borane “van der Waals Complexes”: Intermediates in Frustrated Lewis Pair Addition Reactions, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 12448–12450.

C262. E.A. Gwynne, D.W. Stephan, Binding Modes of bis-Aminophosphine Chelate Ligands to Ni(II) and Pd(II) Organometallics, 2011, 30, 4128–4135.

C261. G. Ménard, D.W. Stephan, Stoichiometric Reduction of CO2 to CO by Al-Based Frustrated Lewis Pairs, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed 2011, 50, 8396–8399.

A260. C.A. Tanur, D.W. Stephan, The Thioether-Methyleneborane (PhSCH2B(C6F5)2)2: Synthesis and Reactivity with Donors and Alkynes, Organometallics, 2011, 30, 3652–3657.

A259. D.W. Stephan, S. Greenberg, T.W. Graham, P.A. Chase, J.J. Hastie, S.J. Geier, J.M. Farrell, C. C. Brown, Z.M. Heiden, G.C. Welch, M. Ullrich, Metal-Free Catalytic Hydrogenation of Polar Substrates by Frustrated Lewis Pairs, Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 12338–12348. (Forum article, invited)

A258. C. Kreitner, S.J. Geier, L.J.E.Stanlake, C. Caputo, D.W. Stephan, Ring Openings of Lactone and Ring Contractions of Lactide by Frustrated Lewis Pairs, Dalton Trans. 2011, 6771 – 6777.

C257. L.J.E. Stanlake, D.W. Stephan, Reactions of Zn-b-bis-Ferrocenyldiketiminates with [Ph3C][B(C6F5)4], Dalton Trans. 2011, 5836 - 5840.

C256. Z. M. Heiden, D.W. Stephan, Metal-Free Diastereoselective Catalytic Hydrogenations of Imines using B(C6F5)3, Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 5729-5731.

C255. R. Cariou, T.W. Graham, F. Dahcheh, D.W. Stephan, Oxidative Addition of Aryl Halides: Routes to Mono- and Dimetallic Nickel Amino-bis-Phosphinimine Complexes, Dalton Trans. 2011, 40, 5419-5422.

A254. I. Peuser, R.C.Neu, X. Zhao, M. Ulrich, B. Schirmer, G. Kehr, R. Fröhlich, S. Grimme, G. Erker, D.W. Stephan, CO2 and Formate Complexes of Phosphine-Borane Frustrated Lewis Pairs, Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 9640–9650.

A253. R. Cariou, F. Dahcheh, T.W. Graham, D.W. Stephan, Mononcluear and Dinuclear Palladium and Nickel Complexes of Phosphinimine-based Tridentate Ligands, Dalton Trans. 2011, 40, 4918-4925.

A252. X. Zhao, D.W. Stephan, Synthesis and Reactivity of Zwitterionic Alkynyl-Phosphonium Borates, Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 6731–6743.

A251. M.A. Dureen, C.C. Brown, D.W. Stephan, Titanium “Constrained Geometry” Complexes with Pendant Arene Groups, Dalton Trans. 2011, 40, 2861-2867. (invited)

C250. M.J. Sgro, D.W. Stephan, Non-Innocent Reactivity of bis-Phosphinimine Pincer Ligands in Palladium Complexes, Dalton Trans. 2011, 40, 2419-2421. (Featured on cover)

C249. X. Zhao, D.W. Stephan, Bis-Boranes in the Frustrated Lewis Pair Activation of Carbon Dioxide, Chem. Commun. 2011, 1833-1835.

A248. Z.M. Heiden, M. Schedler and D.W. Stephan Synthesis and Reactivity of o-Benzylphosphino- and o- α-Methylbenzyldimethylamine-Boranes, Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 1470–1479.

A247. R.C. Neu, E. Otten, A. Lough, D. W. Stephan, The Synthesis and Exchange Chemistry of Frustrated Lewis Pair-Nitrous Oxide Complexes, Chem. Sci. 2011, 2, 170-176.

A246. S.J. Geier, T.M. Gilbert, D.W. Stephan, Synthesis and Reactivity of The Phosphinoboranes R2PB(C6F5)2 Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 336–344
 
 2010
 Book Chapters
B5. D.W. Stephan, “Frustrated Lewis Pairs”: A Metal-Free Strategy to Hydrogenation Catalysis, in “Catalysis without Precious Metals” Wiley-VCH, Ed. M. Bullock. (Invited) 2010, 261-276.

Refereed Publications
A245. D.W. Stephan, Metal-Free Hydrogen Activation, Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 8526-8533. (Feature Perspective Article, invited)

A244. M .A. Dureen, C.C. Brown, D.W. Stephan, Deprotonation and Addition Reactions of Frustrated Lewis Pairs with Alkynes Alkynes Organometallics, 2010, 29, 6594-6607.

A243. M.A. Dureen, C.C. Brown, D.W. Stephan, Additions of Enamines and Pyrroles and B(C6F5)3 “Frustrated Lewis Pairs” to Alkynes Organometallics, 2010, 29, 6622-6632.

C242. J. Morton, M.A. Dureen, D.W. Stephan, Ring-Opening of Cyclopropanes by “Frustrated Lewis Pairs” Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 8947-8949.

A241. M.A. Dureen, D.W. Stephan, Reactions of Boron Amidinates with CO2 and CO and Other Small Molecules, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 13559–13568.

A240. M.P. Boone, C.C. Brown, T. Ancelet, D.W. Stephan, Interconversion of Ruthenium-O(CH2CH2PCy2)2 Alkylidene and Alkylidyne-Hydride Complexes, Organometallics, 2010, 29, 4369–4374.

A239. C.C. Brown, C. Glotzbach, D.W. Stephan, Ag(I) and Au(I) Complexes of Sterically Crowded Cyclic Phosphinimine Ligands, Dalton Trans. 2010, 39, 9626-9632 (Hot Article).

A238. M. Ulrich, A.J. Lough and D.W. Stephan Dihydrogen Activation by B(p‑C6F4H)3 and Phosphines Chemistry, Organometallics 2010, 29, 3647–3654.

A237. K. Multani, L.J.E. Stanlake and D.W. Stephan, Ti and Zr Complexes of Ferrocenyl Amidinates, Dalton Trans. 2010, 39, 8957-8966.

C236. C.C. Brown, D.W. Stephan Cyclopropanation of Ru-Diimino-Pyridine Ligand Complexes Dalton Trans. 2010, 39, 7211-7213.

A235. B.Birkmann, T. Voss, S.J. Geier, M. Ulrich, G. Kehr, G.Erker, D.W. Stephan, Frustrated Lewis Pairs and Ring Opening of THF, Dioxane and Thioxane, Organometallics 2010, 29, 5310–5319.

C234. X. Zhao, T.M. Gilbert, D.W. Stephan, C-C Coupling via Thermolysis of Alkynyl Phosphonium-Borates, Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 10304–10308

C233. S.J. Geier, P.A. Chase, D.W. Stephan, Metal-free Reductions of N-Heterocycles via Lewis Acid Catalyzed Hydrogenation Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 4884-4886.

A232. S. Greenberg, D.W. Stephan, Catalytic Hydroamination as a Route to Nitrogen-Containing Polymers, Polym. Chem. 2010, 1, 1332-1338.

A231. M.J. Sgro, D.W. Stephan, Synthesis and Exchange Reactions of Ni-Dimine-COD, Acteylene and Olefin Complexes, Dalton Trans. 2010, 39, 5786-5794, (featured on cover).

A230. R.C. Neu, E.Y. Ouyang, S.J. Geier, X. Zhao, A. Ramos, D.W. Stephan, Probing substituent effects on the activation of H2 by phosphorus and boron frustrated Lewis pairs, Dalton Trans. 2010,39, 4285-4294.

C229. T. Voss, C. Chen, G. Erker, D.W. Stephan, Cyclizations via Frustrated Lewis Pairs: Lewis Acid Induced Intramolecular Additions of Amines to Olefins and Alkynes, Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 3005-3008.

A228. J. D. Webb, V.S. Laberge, S.J. Geier, D.W. Stephan, C,M. Crudden, Borohydrides from Organic Hydrides: Reactions of Hantzsch’s Esters with B(C6F5)3 Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 4895-4902.

C227. G. Ménard, D.W. Stephan, Room Temperature Reduction of CO2 to Methanol by Al-Based Frustrated Lewis Pairs and Ammonia Borane, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 1796–1797. Cited in “Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung”

C226. S.J. Geier, D.W. Stephan Lewis Acid Mediated P-P Bond Hydrogenation and Hydrosilylation, Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 1026-1028.

C225. X. Zhao, E. Otten, D. Song, D.W. Stephan, Ni→B Interactions in Nickel Phosphino-Alkynyl-Borane Complexes Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 2040-2044.

R224. D.W. Stephan, G. Erker, Frustrated Lewis Pairs: Metal-free Hydrogen Activation and More Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 46-76. (invited)

A223. A. Ramos, D.W. Stephan, Titanium Ferrocenylphosphinimide Complexes, Dalton Trans. 2010, 39, 1328-1338.

A222. S.J. Geier, M.A. Dureen, E. Ouyang D.W. Stephan, New Strategies to Phosphino-Phosphonium Cations and Zwitterions, Chem. Eur. J, 2010, 16, 988-993.

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