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ruzuzu commented on the word frustrated Lewis pair
"In chemistry, a frustrated Lewis pair is a compound or mixture containing a Lewis acid and a Lewis base that, because of steric hindrance, cannot combine to form an adduct. Because of their "unquenched" reactivity, such systems are very reactive and are able to split the hydrogen molecule heterolytically, which makes them potentially useful as metal-free catalysts for hydrogenation reactions."
--Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frustrated_Lewis_pair&oldid=458141253)
August 27, 2012
deinonychus commented on the word frustrated Lewis pair
That poor, frustrated pair!
August 28, 2012