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Lewis Bases

Known as: Bases, Lewis, Lewis Bases [Chemical/Ingredient], Lewis base 
Any chemical species which acts as an electron-pair donor in a chemical bonding reaction with a LEWIS ACID.
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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Catalytic [4+2] cyclization of α,β-unsaturated acyl chlorides with 3-alkylenyloxindoles: highly diastereo- and enantioselective synthesis of spirocarbocyclic oxindoles.
Cinchona alkaloids were used as Lewis base catalysts in the title reaction. The [4+2] cyclization of α,β-unsaturated acyl… 
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Differential sensing of Zn(II) and Cu(II) via two independent mechanisms.
Selective reduction of an anthracenone-quinoline imine derivative, 2, using 1.0 equiv of NaBH(4) in 95% ethanol affords the… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Planar, twisted, and trans-bent: conformational flexibility of neutral diborenes.
The potassium graphite reduction of R‘BBr3 (R‘ = :C{N(2,4,6-Me3C6H2)CH}2) in Et2O led to the isolation of 3 (R‘(H)BB(H)R‘) and 4… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Highly enantioselective synthesis of beta-amino acid derivatives by the lewis base catalyzed hydrosilylation of beta-enamino esters.
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Functionalization and solubilization of BN nanotubes by interaction with Lewis bases
By interaction with a trialkylamine or trialkylphosphine, BN nanotubes can be dispersed in a hydrocarbon medium with retention of… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Bifunctional organocatalysts for enantioselective aza-Morita-Baylis-Hillman reaction.
The efficient and novel bifunctional organocatalyst for the enantioselective aza-Morita-Baylis-Hillman (aza-MBH) reaction has… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Lewis base catalyzed, enantioselective aldol addition of methyl trichlorosilyl ketene acetal to ketones.
The catalytic enantioselective addition of an acetate enolate equivalent to ketones is described. Methyl trichlorosilyl ketene… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Chiral phosphine Lewis base catalyzed asymmetric aza-Baylis-Hillman reaction of N-sulfonated imines with methyl vinyl ketone and phenyl acrylate.
In the aza-Baylis-Hillman reaction of N-sulfonated imines with methyl vinyl ketone (MVK) promoted by chiral phosphine Lewis base… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Carbon dioxide/epoxide coupling reactions utilizing Lewis base adducts of zinc halides as catalysts. Cyclic carbonate versus polycarbonate production.
The reactions of zinc halides with 2,6-di-methoxypyridine or 3-trifluoromethylpyridine in dichloromethane have led to the… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Recent progress in asymmetric two-center catalysis.
Recent progress using two types of enantioselective two-center catalysts, Lewis acid-Brönsted base and Lewis acid-Lewis base… 
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