A Highly Active Phosphine–Borane Organocatalyst for the Reduction of CO2 to Methanol Using Hydroboranes
Journal of the American Chemical Society2013Vol. 135(25), pp. 9326–9329
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Abstract
In this work, we report that organocatalyst 1-Bcat-2-PPh2-C6H4 ((1); cat = catechol) acts as an ambiphilic metal-free system for the reduction of carbon dioxide in presence of hydroboranes (HBR2 = HBcat (catecholborane), HBpin (pinacolborane), 9-BBN (9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane), BH3·SMe2 and BH3·THF) to generate CH3OBR2 or (CH3OBO)3, products that can be readily hydrolyzed to methanol. The yields can be as high as 99% with exclusive formation of CH3OBR2 or (CH3OBO)3 with TON (turnover numbers) and TOF (turnover frequencies) reaching >2950 and 853 h(-1), respectively. Furthermore, the catalyst exhibits "living" behavior: once the first loading is consumed, it resumes its activity on adding another loading of reagents.
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