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Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Science, 47(12), p. 15603-15608, 2021

DOI: 10.1039/d1sc05135k

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Proton to hydride umpolung at a phosphonium center via electron relay: a new strategy for main-group based water reduction

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Abstract

A (bisborane)triarylphosphine was developed to spontaneously generate H2 from water under ambient conditions, revealing an unprecedented multi-centered electron relay mechanism for a metal-free umpolung of proton to hydride.