Issue 31, 2022

Recent developments on the transformation of CO2 utilising ligand cooperation and related strategies

Abstract

A portfolio of value-added chemicals, fuels and building block compounds can be envisioned from CO2 on an industrial scale. The high kinetic and thermodynamic stabilities of CO2, however, present a significant barrier to its utilisation as a C1 source. In this context, metal–ligand cooperation methodologies have emerged as one of the most dominant strategies for the transformation of the CO2 molecule over the last decade or so. This review focuses on the advancements in CO2 transformation using these cooperative methodologies. Different and well-studied ligand cooperation methodologies, such as dearomatisation–aromatisation type cooperation, bimetallic cooperation (M⋯M′; M′ = main group or transition metal) and other related strategies are also discussed. Furthermore, the cooperative bond activations are subdivided based on the number of atoms connecting the reactive centre in the ligand framework (spacer/linker length) and the transition metal. Several similarities across these seemingly distinct cooperative methodologies are emphasised. Finally, this review brings out the challenges ahead in developing catalytic systems from these CO2 transformations.

Graphical abstract: Recent developments on the transformation of CO2 utilising ligand cooperation and related strategies

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
23 5月 2022
Accepted
30 6月 2022
First published
01 7月 2022
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Dalton Trans., 2022,51, 11582-11611

Recent developments on the transformation of CO2 utilising ligand cooperation and related strategies

R. Ayyappan, I. Abdalghani, R. C. Da Costa and G. R. Owen, Dalton Trans., 2022, 51, 11582 DOI: 10.1039/D2DT01609E

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