Cooperative redox activation for carbon dioxide conversion

Zhong Lian; Dennis U. Nielsen; Anders T. Lindhardt; Kim Daasbjerg; Troels Skrydstrup

doi:10.1038/ncomms13782

Nature Communications (Dec 2016)

Cooperative redox activation for carbon dioxide conversion

Zhong Lian,
Dennis U. Nielsen,
Anders T. Lindhardt,
Kim Daasbjerg,
Troels Skrydstrup

Affiliations

Zhong Lian: Department of Chemistry, Carbon Dioxide Activation Center (CADIAC), Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center, Aarhus University
Dennis U. Nielsen: Department of Chemistry, Carbon Dioxide Activation Center (CADIAC), Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center, Aarhus University
Anders T. Lindhardt: Department of Engineering, Carbon Dioxide Activation Center (CADIAC), Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center, Aarhus University
Kim Daasbjerg: Department of Chemistry, Carbon Dioxide Activation Center (CADIAC), Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center, Aarhus University
Troels Skrydstrup: Department of Chemistry, Carbon Dioxide Activation Center (CADIAC), Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center, Aarhus University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13782
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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While CO2 can be converted to CO for further reactivity, typically this involves the generation of large amounts of waste. Here the authors report the conversion of CO2to CO, with the siloxane by-product being further used in a carbonylative Hiyama-Denmark coupling to form diarylketones.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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