Issue 24, 2017

Pyridine-decorated carbon nanotubes as a metal-free heterogeneous catalyst for mild CO2 reduction to methanol with hydroboranes

Abstract

Pyridine decorated multi-walled carbon nanotubes (NPy-MW) have been successfully employed as a catalyst for the reduction of carbon dioxide to methyl borinate (R2BO–CH3) in the presence of 9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane. NPy-MW represents the first example of a heterogeneous, metal-free and durable catalyst for CO2 hydroboration to methanol. A mechanistic cycle has been proposed on the basis of targeted blank experiments and a quantum chemical study, highlighting the non-innocent role played by the nanotube carrier in the final NPy-MW catalytic performance.

Graphical abstract: Pyridine-decorated carbon nanotubes as a metal-free heterogeneous catalyst for mild CO2 reduction to methanol with hydroboranes

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
29 Aug 2017
Accepted
27 Oct 2017
First published
30 Oct 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2017,7, 5833-5837

Pyridine-decorated carbon nanotubes as a metal-free heterogeneous catalyst for mild CO2 reduction to methanol with hydroboranes

G. Tuci, A. Rossin, L. Luconi, C. Pham-Huu, S. Cicchi, H. Ba and G. Giambastiani, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2017, 7, 5833 DOI: 10.1039/C7CY01772C

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