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Room Temperature Reduction of CO2 to Methanol by Al-Based Frustrated Lewis Pairs and Ammonia Borane

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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 132, Issue 6, Pages 1796-+

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ja9104792

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  1. NSERC of Canada
  2. Canada Research Chair
  3. Killam Research Fellowship
  4. Ontario Graduate Scholarship

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AlX3 (X = Cl or Br) and PMes(3) (Mes = 2,4,6-C6H2Me3) react to form weak Lewis adducts but also react with CO2 to give Mes(3)P(CO2)(AlX3)(2) (X = Cl; Br). These species react rapidly with excess ammonia borane at room temperature to give CH3OH upon quenching with water.

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