Volume 51, Issue 7 pp. 1671-1674
Communication

Borane-Mediated Carbon Dioxide Reduction at Ruthenium: Formation of C1 and C2 Compounds

Dr. Sébastien Bontemps

Dr. Sébastien Bontemps

CNRS, LCC (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination), 205 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse (France) http://www.lcc-toulouse.fr/lcc/spip.php?article433

Université de Toulouse, UPS, INPT, 31077 Toulouse (France)

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Dr. Laure Vendier

Dr. Laure Vendier

CNRS, LCC (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination), 205 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse (France) http://www.lcc-toulouse.fr/lcc/spip.php?article433

Université de Toulouse, UPS, INPT, 31077 Toulouse (France)

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Dr. Sylviane Sabo-Etienne

Corresponding Author

Dr. Sylviane Sabo-Etienne

CNRS, LCC (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination), 205 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse (France) http://www.lcc-toulouse.fr/lcc/spip.php?article433

Université de Toulouse, UPS, INPT, 31077 Toulouse (France)

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First published: 12 January 2012
Citations: 198

We thank the ANR (Programme blanc “HyBoCat” ANR-09-BLAN-0184), the CNRS for support, and Johnson Matthey plc for the generous gift of hydrated ruthenium trichloride.

Graphical Abstract

One and two: The C2 compound pinBOCH2OCHO (see scheme; HBpin=pinacolborane) and several C1 compounds have been obtained from the borane-mediated reduction of CO2 under mild conditions with the catalyst precursor [RuH2(H2)2(PCy3)2]. Mechanistic investigation highlights the role of a series of new carbonyl ruthenium complexes that were characterized by multinuclear NMR spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction studies.

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