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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 138, Issue 16, Pages 5321-5333Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b01497
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- U.S. National Science Foundation [NSF-CHE-1507702]
- CSU Energy Institute
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
- Division Of Chemistry
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1507702] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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This contribution reports the first example of highly selective reduction of CO, into CH4 via tandem hydrosilylation with mixed main-group organo-Lewis acid (LA) catalysts [Al(C6F5)(3) + B(C6F5)(3)] {[Al] + [B]}. As shown by this comprehensive experimental and computational study, in this unique tandem catalytic process, [Al] effectively mediates the first step of the overall reduction cycle, namely the fixation of CO2 into HCOOSiEt3 (1) via the LA-mediated C=O activation, while [B] is incapable of promoting the same transformation. On the other hand, [B] is shown to be an excellent catalyst for the subsequent reduction steps 2-4, namely the hydrosilylation of the more basic intermediates [1 to H2C(OSiEt3)(2) (2) to H3COSiEt3 (3) and finally to CH4] through the frustrated Lewis pair (FLP)-type Si-H activation. Hence, with the required combination of [Al] and [B], a highly selective hydrosilylative reduction of CO, system has been developed, achieving high CH4 production yield up to 94%. The remarkably different catalytic behaviors between [Al] and [B] are attributed to the higher overall Lewis acidity of [Al] derived from two conflicting factors (electronic and steric effects), which renders the higher tendency of [Al] to form stable [Al]-substrate (intermediate) adducts with CO2 as well as subsequent intermediates 1, 2, and 3. Overall, the roles of [Al] and [B] are not only complementary but also synergistic in the total reduction of CO2, which render both [Al]-mediated first reduction step and [B]-mediated subsequent steps catalytic.
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