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Carbon Dioxide as an Alternative C 1 Synthetic Unit: Activation by Transition‐Metal Complexes
Author(s) -
Behr Arno
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.198806611
Subject(s) - transition metal , carbon dioxide , catalysis , chemistry , metal , molecule , carbon fibers , organic synthesis , homogeneous catalysis , homogeneous , organic chemistry , inorganic chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , materials science , physics , composite number , composite material , thermodynamics
The carbon dioxide molecule has been of limited importance as a synthetic unit in organic chemistry. When it is coordinated to transition metals, however, completely new possibilities arise; CO 2 can bond to metal complexes in a variety of ways and can enter into insertion and coupling reactions, or become catalytically attached to other substrates. The formation of CC bonds between carbon dioxide and unsaturated hydrocarbons under conditions of homogeneous catalysis makes available new synthetic routes to industrially interesting organic compounds.