New Catalysts for Upgrading CO2: Beyond Kolbe-Schmitt

这个项目是工业机密，因此下面提供的摘要是简短和模糊的。这不会使作为本项目一部分的保密协议无效。使用二氧化碳作为C1化学原料是一个有吸引力的目标，但也面临着重大挑战，尤其是任何拟议反应的热力学。生产水杨酸的Kolbe-Schmitt （K-S）反应是一种具有重大前景的反应，不仅因为它是商业操作的。这个反应特别有趣，因为它形成了一个新的碳-碳键。同样令人惊讶的是，公认的机制简化了二氧化碳的协同活化，这是一种很容易让人想起现代受挫的路易斯对（FLP）催化剂的方式。我们提出，应用现代协同催化设计原则将能够大大增加范围。

This project is industrial and confidential, therefore the abstract provided below is brief and vague. This is to not void the confidentiality agreement set out as a part of this project.The use of carbon dioxide as a C1 chemical feedstock represents an attractive objective but one with significant challenges, not least the thermodynamics of any proposed reaction. A reaction that holds significant promise, not least in that it is commercially operated, is the Kolbe-Schmitt (K-S) reaction for the production of salicyclic acid. This reaction is particularly interesting in that a new C-C bond is formed. It is also striking that the accepted mechanismimplicates the concerted, cooperative activation of carbon dioxide is a manner very reminiscent of modern frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) catalysts. We propose that the application of modern cooperative catalysis design principles will be able to greatly increase the scope.