Transition-Metal-Free Catalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide

Metal‐free systems, including frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) have been shown to bind CO2. By reducing the Lewis acidity and basicity of the ambiphilic system, it is possible to generate active catalysts for the deoxygenative hydroboration of carbon dioxide to methanol derivatives with conversion rate...

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Published in:Chemistry : a European journal 2014-03, Vol.20 (11), p.2990-2996
Main Authors: Fontaine, Frédéric-Georges, Courtemanche, Marc-André, Légaré, Marc-André
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Basicity
Carbon dioxide
Catalysis
Catalysts
Chemistry
Conversion
Deoxygenation
Derivatives
frustrated Lewis pairs
main group elements
Methyl alcohol
organocatalysis
reduction
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Summary:Metal‐free systems, including frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) have been shown to bind CO2. By reducing the Lewis acidity and basicity of the ambiphilic system, it is possible to generate active catalysts for the deoxygenative hydroboration of carbon dioxide to methanol derivatives with conversion rates comparable to those of transition‐metal‐based catalysts. Less is more: Metal‐free systems, including frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs), have been shown to bind CO2. By reducing the Lewis acidity and basicity of the ambiphilic system, it is possible to generate active catalysts for the deoxygenative hydroboration of carbon dioxide to methanol derivatives with conversion rates comparable to those of transition‐metal‐based catalysts (see scheme).
ISSN:0947-6539
1521-3765
DOI:10.1002/chem.201304376