Hydrogenation of CO2‐Derived Carbonates and Polycarbonates to Methanol and Diols by Metal–Ligand Cooperative Manganese Catalysis |
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| Authors: | M. Sc. Viktoriia Zubar Dr. Yury Lebedev Dr. Luis Miguel Azofra Prof. Dr. Luigi Cavallo Dr. Osama El‐Sepelgy Prof. Dr. Magnus Rueping |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Institute of Organic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany;2. KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia |
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| Abstract: | The first base‐metal‐catalysed hydrogenation of CO2‐derived carbonates to alcohols is presented. The reaction proceeds under mild conditions in the presence of a well‐defined manganese complex with a loading as low as 0.25 mol %. The non‐precious‐metal homogenous catalytic system provides an indirect route for the conversion of CO2 into methanol with the co‐production of value‐added (vicinal) diols in yields of up to 99 %. Experimental and computational studies indicate a metal–ligand cooperative catalysis mechanism. |
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| Keywords: | carbon dioxide carbonates manganese methanol reduction |
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