Issue 39, 2013

Redox active aluminium(iii) complexes convert CO2 into MgCO3 or CaCO3 in a synthetic cycle using Mg or Ca metal

Abstract

Redox-active Group 13 molecules possess the unusual combination of concomitant redox and acid–base reactivity. These combined properties enable regeneration of a metal hydroxide complex in a cycle for conversion of CO2 into carbonate salts. Reaction of (IP)2Al(OH) (M = Al, Ga) with 1 atm of CO2 affords [(IP)2Al]22κ12-OCO2). Subsequent reduction affords MgCO3 or CaCO3 and two equivalents of [(IP2−)2Al], which can be reoxidized to (IP)2Al(OH) to close a cycle.

Graphical abstract: Redox active aluminium(iii) complexes convert CO2 into MgCO3 or CaCO3 in a synthetic cycle using Mg or Ca metal

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
03 Oct 2012
Accepted
09 Nov 2012
First published
23 Nov 2012

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 4175-4177

Redox active aluminium(III) complexes convert CO2 into MgCO3 or CaCO3 in a synthetic cycle using Mg or Ca metal

T. W. Myers and L. A. Berben, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 4175 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC37208H

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