Selective Catalytic Frustrated Lewis Pair Hydrogenation of CO2 in the Presence of Silylhalides

• Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition Vol. 60; no. 49; pp. 25771 - 25775
• Main Authors: Wang, Tongtong, Xu, Maotong, Jupp, Andrew R., Qu, Zheng‐Wang, Grimme, Stefan, Stephan, Douglas W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.12.2021; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Edition: International ed. in English
• Subjects: acetal; Carbon dioxide; Catalysis; CO2 hydrogenation catalysis; Communication; Communications; frustrated Lewis pair; Hydrogenation; Methane; methyliodide; Reducing agents; Selectivity

The frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) derived from 2,6‐lutidine and B(C6F5)3 is shown to mediate the catalytic hydrogenation of CO2 using H2 as the reductant and a silylhalide as an oxophile. The nature of the products can be controlled with the judicious selection of the silylhalide and the solvent. In t...