Hydrogenation of CO2\n-Derived Carbonates and Polycarbonates to Methanol and Diols by Metal-Ligand Cooperative Manganese Catalysis

Viktoriia Zubar, Yury Lebedev, Luis Azofra Mesa, Luigi Cavallo, Osama El-Sepelgy, Magnus Rueping

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Abstract

The first base-metal-catalysed hydrogenation of CO2 -derived carbonates to alcohols is presented. The reaction proceeds under mild conditions in the presence of a well-defined manganese complex with a loading as low as 0.25 mol %. The non-precious-metal homogenous catalytic system provides an indirect route for the conversion of CO2 into methanol with the co-production of value-added (vicinal) diols in yields of up to 99 %. Experimental and computational studies indicate a metal-ligand cooperative catalysis mechanism.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)13439-13443
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie International Edition
Volume57
Issue number41
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 3 2018

Bibliographical note

KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledgements: L.M.A. and L.C. thank King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) for support. Gratitude is also due to the KAUST Supercomputing Laboratory for providing computational resources and granting access to the supercomputer Shaheen II.

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