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Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide to Methanol by Using a Homogeneous Ruthenium–Phosphine Catalyst
Author(s) -
Wesselbaum Sebastian,
vom Stein Thorsten,
Klankermayer Jürgen,
Leitner Walter
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201202320
Subject(s) - phosphine , ruthenium , homogeneous , methanol , catalysis , carbon dioxide , chemistry , homogeneous catalysis , organic chemistry , chemical engineering , physics , engineering , thermodynamics
Simply efficient : The homogenously catalyzed hydrogenation of CO 2 to methanol is achieved by using a ruthenium phosphine complex under relatively mild conditions (see scheme; HNTf 2 =bis(trifluoromethane)sulfonimide). This is the first example of CO 2 hydrogenation to methanol by using a single molecularly defined catalyst.