Issue 5, 2015

Highly efficient hydrogenation of carbon dioxide to formate catalyzed by iridium(iii) complexes of imine–diphosphine ligands

Abstract

A new iridium catalyst containing an imine–diphosphine ligand has been developed, which showed high efficiency for the hydrogenation of CO2 to formate (yield up to 99%, TON up to 450 000). A possible catalytic mechanism is proposed, in which the imine group of the catalyst plays a key role in the cleavage of H2 and the activation of CO2.

Graphical abstract: Highly efficient hydrogenation of carbon dioxide to formate catalyzed by iridium(iii) complexes of imine–diphosphine ligands

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
23 Jan 2015
Accepted
04 Mar 2015
First published
04 Mar 2015
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Sci., 2015,6, 2928-2931

Highly efficient hydrogenation of carbon dioxide to formate catalyzed by iridium(III) complexes of imine–diphosphine ligands

C. Liu, J. Xie, G. Tian, W. Li and Q. Zhou, Chem. Sci., 2015, 6, 2928 DOI: 10.1039/C5SC00248F

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