Reductive Incorporation of Carbon Dioxide into Value-Added Chemicals

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26810027
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Organic chemistry
• Research Institution: Institute of Physical and Chemical Research
• Principal Investigator: Zhang Liang 国立研究開発法人理化学研究所, 侯有機金属化学研究室, 研究員 (20610992)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: アルデヒド類 / ホウ素 / 二酸化炭素 / 炭酸エステル / 銅触媒

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We have achieved the first catalytic selective multi-component coupling of carbon dioxide, bis(pinacolato)diboron, LiOtBu, and a wide range of aldehydes by using an nitrogen heterocyclic carbene-copper catalyst. This reaction has efficiently afforded a series of novel lithium cyclic boracarbonate ion pair compounds in high yields from readily available starting materials. This protocol has not only provided a new catalytic process for the utilization of carbon dioxide, but it has also constituted a novel route for the efficient synthesis of a new class of lithium borate compounds that might be of interest a potential electrolyte candidates for lithium ion batteries.

Free Research Field

基礎化学