An unprecedented genre of lanthanide-based coordination polymers to widen the scopes of CO2 fixation

Abstract

Trivalent lanthanide ions (Ln(III)) in conjunction with various Schiff base ligands have long been encountered fixing CO2 into inorganic carbonate. However, the responsible reactive species in this regard remained unknown till date. We reveal herein an unprecedented genre of Ln(III)-based coordination polymers which were not only found to be the reactive species for the formation of inorganic carbonate, but also can result in organic orthocarbonate upon capturing CO2.