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Coexistence of Lewis Acid and Base Functions: A Generalized View of the Frustrated Lewis Pair Concept with Novel Implications for Reactivity

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Frustrated Lewis Pairs II

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    Heinz Berke, Yanfeng Jiang, Xianghua Yang, Chunfang Jiang, Subrata Chakraborty & Anne Landwehr

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Berke, H., Jiang, Y., Yang, X., Jiang, C., Chakraborty, S., Landwehr, A. (2013). Coexistence of Lewis Acid and Base Functions: A Generalized View of the Frustrated Lewis Pair Concept with Novel Implications for Reactivity. In: Erker, G., Stephan, D. (eds) Frustrated Lewis Pairs II. Topics in Current Chemistry, vol 334. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/128_2012_400

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