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Cover Picture: Hydrogenation of CO 2 to Formate with H 2 : Transition Metal Free Catalyst Based on a Lewis Pair (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 3/2019)
Author(s) -
Zhao Tianxiang,
Hu Xingbang,
Wu Youting,
Zhang Zhibing
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201813892
Subject(s) - formate , catalysis , transition metal , frustrated lewis pair , lewis acids and bases , cover (algebra) , chemistry , medicinal chemistry , int , metal , ruthenium , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , mechanical engineering , computer science , engineering , operating system
The first example of transition‐metal‐free CO 2 hydrogenation to formate catalyzed by BCF/M 2 CO 3 was reported with a TON of up to 3941. In their Communication on page 722 ff., X. B. Hu, Y. T. Wu, and co‐workers show mechanistic studies that revealed that BCF reacted with K 2 CO 3 to afford the Lewis pair K 2 [(BCF) 2 ‐CO 3 ], which can react with H 2 and CO 2 to produce formate.