Issue 25, 2018

Cobalt catalysed reduction of CO2via hydroboration

Abstract

We report an operationally convenient reduction of CO2 to methanol via cobalt catalysed hydroboration which occurs under mild reaction conditions. Addition of NaHBEt3 to Co(acac)3 generates an active hydroboration catalyst, which is proposed to be a “Co–H” species on the basis of infrared spectroscopy. The reduction of CO2 in the presence of various boranes showed that BH3·SMe2 afforded near quantitative conversion (98% NMR yield) to methanol upon hydrolysis.

Graphical abstract: Cobalt catalysed reduction of CO2via hydroboration

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
16 May 2018
Accepted
01 Jun 2018
First published
06 Jun 2018

Dalton Trans., 2018,47, 8199-8203

Cobalt catalysed reduction of CO2via hydroboration

S. R. Tamang and M. Findlater, Dalton Trans., 2018, 47, 8199 DOI: 10.1039/C8DT01985A

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