Synergistic effects in ambiphilic phosphino-borane catalysts for the hydroboration of CO$_2$

Anis Tlili (1) , Arnaud Voituriez (2) , Angela Marinetti (2) , Pierre Thuéry (1) , Thibault Cantat (1)

1 LCMCE - Laboratoire de Chimie Moléculaire et de Catalyse pour l'Energie (ex LCCEF)
2 ICSN - Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles

The benefit of combining both a Lewis acid and a Lewis base in a catalytic system has been established for the hydroboration of CO$_2$, using ferrocene-based phosphine, borane and phosphino-borane derivatives

Domains: Chemical Sciences; Material chemistry

Anis Tlili, Arnaud Voituriez, Angela Marinetti, Pierre Thuéry, Thibault Cantat. Synergistic effects in ambiphilic phosphino-borane catalysts for the hydroboration of CO$_2$. Chemical Communications, 2016, 52, pp.7553-7555. ⟨10.1039/c6cc02809h⟩. ⟨cea-01329300⟩