Issue 17, 2022

Organoaluminum hydrides catalyzed hydroboration of carbonates, esters, carboxylic acids, and carbon dioxide

Abstract

The reductive functionalization of the C[double bond, length as m-dash]O unit of carbonates, carboxylic acids, esters, and CO2, respectively has received great attention since its introduction. This method is often used industrially for the synthesis of high value-added energy products in chemistry. This opens up a new way forward to reduce greenhouse gases and the consumption of traditional energy sources. Herein, we report an earth-abundant, cheap, and readily available aluminum dihydride, which can catalyze the reduction of a range of carbonates, esters, carboxylic acids, and CO2, respectively in the presence of pinacolborane as a reducing agent. Moreover, we demonstrate that the reaction can proceed to obtain good yield products under mild conditions, with low catalyst loading and solvent-free reactions. The mechanism of the catalytic reduction of carbonates has been investigated.

Graphical abstract: Organoaluminum hydrides catalyzed hydroboration of carbonates, esters, carboxylic acids, and carbon dioxide

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
12 Mar 2022
Accepted
08 Apr 2022
First published
08 Apr 2022
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Dalton Trans., 2022,51, 6756-6765

Organoaluminum hydrides catalyzed hydroboration of carbonates, esters, carboxylic acids, and carbon dioxide

B. Yan, S. Dutta, X. Ma, C. Ni, D. Koley, Z. Yang and H. W. Roesky, Dalton Trans., 2022, 51, 6756 DOI: 10.1039/D2DT00785A

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