Tetracoordinate borates as catalysts for reductive formylation of amines with carbon dioxide
作者:Xiaolin Jiang、Zijun Huang、Mohamed Makha、Chen-Xia Du、Dongmei Zhao、Fang Wang、Yuehui Li
DOI:10.1039/d0gc01741h
日期:——
We report sodium trihydroxyaryl borates as the first robust tetracoordinate organoboron catalysts for reductive functionalization of CO2. These catalysts, easily synthesized from condensing boronic acids with metal hydroxides, activate main group element–hydrogen (E–H) bonds efficiently. In contrast to BX3 type boranes, boronic acids and metal-BAr4 salts, under transition metal-free conditions, sodium