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Catalytic Formation of Acrylate from Carbon Dioxide and Ethene
Author(s) -
Hendriksen Coen,
Pidko Evgeny A.,
Yang Gang,
Schäffner Benjamin,
Vogt Dieter
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201404082
Subject(s) - catalysis , carbon dioxide , acrylic acid , acrylate , chemistry , oxidative coupling of methane , oxidative addition , homogeneous , homogeneous catalysis , organic chemistry , polymer , polymer chemistry , copolymer , thermodynamics , physics
With regard to sustainability, carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) is an attractive C1 building block. However, due to thermodynamic restrictions, reactions incorporating CO 2 are relatively limited so far. One of the so‐called “dream reactions” in this field is the catalytic oxidative coupling of CO 2 and ethene and subsequent β‐H elimination to form acrylic acid. This reaction has been studied intensely for decades. However up to this date no suitable catalytic process has been established. Here we show that the catalytic conversion of ethene and CO 2 to acrylate is possible in the presence of a homogeneous nickel catalyst in combination with a “hard” Lewis acid. For the first time, catalytic conversion of CO 2 and ethene to acrylate with turnover numbers (TON) of up to 21 was demonstrated.