An Electrocatalytic Cascade Reaction for the Synthesis of Ketones Using CO2 as a CO Surrogate

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The construction of carbonyl compounds via carbonylation reactions using safe CO sources remains a long-standing challenge to synthetic chemists. Herein, we propose a catalyst cascade Scheme in which CO2 is used as a CO surrogate in the carbonylation of benzyl chlorides. Our approach is based on the cooperation between two coexisting catalytic cycles: the CO2-to-CO electroreduction cycle promoted by [Fe(TPP)Cl] (TPP=meso-tetraphenylporphyrin) and an electrochemical carbonylation cycle catalyzed by [Ni(bpy)Br2] (2,2'-bipyridine). As a proof of concept, this protocol allows for the synthesis of symmetric ketones from good to excellent yields in an undivided cell with non-sacrificial electrodes. The reaction can be directly scaled up to gram-scale and operates effectively at a CO2 concentration of 10 %, demonstrating its robustness. Our mechanistic studies based on cyclic voltammetry, IR spectroelectrochemistry and Density Functional Theory calculations suggest a synergistic effect between the two catalysts. The CO produced from CO2 reduction is key in the formation of the [Ni(bpy)(CO)2], which is proposed as the catalytic intermediate responsible for the C-C bond formation in the carbonylation steps.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) - (2024) vom: 22. Apr., Seite e202403674

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sheta, Ahmed M [VerfasserIn]
Fernández, Sergio [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Changwei [VerfasserIn]
Dubed-Bandomo, Geyla C [VerfasserIn]
Lloret-Fillol, Julio [VerfasserIn]

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CO2 valorization
Carbonylation
Cascade reaction
Dual catalysis
Electrocatalysis
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Date Revised 22.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1002/anie.202403674

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NLM371363144