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Diverse Cooperative Reactivity at a Square Planar Aluminium Complex and Catalytic Reduction of CO 2

Shaves, Chloe L., Villegas‐Escobar, Nery, Clark, Ewan R., Riddlestone, Ian M. (2023) Diverse Cooperative Reactivity at a Square Planar Aluminium Complex and Catalytic Reduction of CO 2. Chemistry – A European Journal, 29 (16). Article Number e202203806. ISSN 1521-3765. (doi:10.1002/chem.202203806) (KAR id:99952)

Abstract

The use of a sterically demanding pincer ligand to prepare an unusual square planar aluminium complex is reported. Due to the constrained geometry imposed by the ligand scaffold, this four‐coordinate aluminium centre remains Lewis acidic and reacts via differing metal‐ligand cooperative pathways for activating ketones and CO2. It is also a rare example of a single‐component aluminium system for the catalytic reduction of CO2 to a methanol equivalent at room temperature.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1002/chem.202203806
Uncontrolled keywords: aluminium, carbon dioxide, cooperativity, Lewis acid, structural constraint
Subjects: Q Science
Q Science > QD Chemistry
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Chemistry and Forensics
Funders: University of Surrey (https://ror.org/00ks66431)
SWORD Depositor: JISC Publications Router
Depositing User: JISC Publications Router
Date Deposited: 08 Feb 2023 14:47 UTC
Last Modified: 04 Mar 2024 16:45 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/99952 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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