Issue 22, 2020

Hydroboration of carbon dioxide enabled by molecular zinc dihydrides

Abstract

Neutral molecular zinc(II) dihydrides supported by N-heterocyclic carbene ligands bearing a pendant phosphine group were synthesized and then reacted with carbon dioxide to afford zinc diformates. The zinc dihydrides were found to be active catalysts for hydroboration of carbon dioxide under mild conditions, selectively giving boryl formate, bis(boryl)acetal, or methoxy borane compounds by changing the nature of the borane reductant.

Graphical abstract: Hydroboration of carbon dioxide enabled by molecular zinc dihydrides

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
23 Mar 2020
Accepted
24 May 2020
First published
27 May 2020

Dalton Trans., 2020,49, 7324-7327

Hydroboration of carbon dioxide enabled by molecular zinc dihydrides

X. Wang, K. Chang and X. Xu, Dalton Trans., 2020, 49, 7324 DOI: 10.1039/D0DT01090A

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