posted on 2015-08-05, 00:00authored byGuanghua Jin, C. Gunnar Werncke, Yannick Escudié, Sylviane Sabo-Etienne, Sébastien Bontemps
We report herein
the use of the (dihydrido)iron catalyst, Fe(H)2(dmpe)2, for the selective reduction of CO2 into either
bis(boryl)acetal or methoxyborane depending on
the hydroborane used as a reductant. In a one-pot two-step procedure,
the in situ generated bis(boryl)acetal was shown to be a reactive
and versatile source of methylene to create new C–N but also
C–O and C–C bonds.