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Carbon Dioxide Reduction to Methylamines under Metal‐Free Conditions

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: The first metal-free catalysts are reported for the methylation of amines with carbon dioxide. Proazaphosphatrane superbases prove to be highly active catalysts in the reductive functionalization of CO2, in the presence of hydroboranes. The new methodology enables the methylation of N-H bonds in a wide variety of amines, including secondary amines, with increased chemoselectivity.

Source: Angewandte Chemie International Edition

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201407357

Authors: Enguerrand Blondiaux, Jacky Pouessel, Thibault Cantat

Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Institut Rayonnement-Matière de Saclay

Language: English

Topic: Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis

Subfield: Process Chemistry and Technology

Field: Chemical Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Climate action

Open Access status: green

Funders: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, FP7 Ideas: European Research Council