Lithium Dicyclohexylamide in Transition-Metal-Free Fischer–Tropsch Chemistry

• Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 143; no. 2; pp. 634 - 638
• Main Authors: Xu, Maotong, Qu, Zheng-wang, Grimme, Stefan, Stephan, Douglas W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 20.01.2021
• Subjects: carbenes; Fischer-Tropsch reaction; lithium; thermodynamics

Lithium dicyclohexylamide (Cy2NLi) reacts with syn-gas or CO to generate transient intermediates with carbene character, which are capable of reacting further with CO or H2, effecting sequential C–C and C–H bond formations from CO or H2, thus providing a transition-metal-free avenue to the fundament...