Reduction of CO2to Trimethoxyboroxine with BH3in THF
摘要:
Commercially available THF solutions of BH3 center dot THF, which contain 0.5 mol % of NaBH4 as a stabilizing reagent for BH3 center dot THF, react with 1 atm of CO2 at room temperature to form trimethoxyboroxine, (MeOBO)(3), in 87% yield after 12 h. Since no reaction took place in the absence of NaBH4, NaBH4 was found to work as a promoter or catalyst for the reduction of CO2 with BH3 to the methoxy compound. A similar reaction using HCOONa in place of NaBH4 also gave (MeOBO)(3) in comparable yield.
Carbene-9-BBN Ring Expansions as a Route to Intramolecular Frustrated Lewis Pairs for CO<sub>2</sub>Reduction
作者:Tongen Wang、Douglas W. Stephan
DOI:10.1002/chem.201304870
日期:2014.3.10
Reactions of phosphine‐derived carbenes with 9‐borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane (9‐BBN) result in ring‐expansionreactions to generate novel intramolecular frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs). These FLPs effect the catalytic reduction of CO2 in the presence of boranes to give BOB and methoxy‐borate species.