NHC-Ag/Pd-Catalyzed Reductive Carboxylation of Terminal Alkynes with CO2 and H2: A Combined Experimental and Computational Study for Fine-Tuned Selectivity

• Main Authors: Yu, Dingyi, Zhou, Feng, Lim, Diane S. W., Su, Haibin, Zhang, Yugen
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Ag/Pd catalyst; CO2 utilization
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83473; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42622
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Reductive carboxylation of terminal alkynes utilizing CO2 and H2 as reactants is an interesting and challenging transformation. Theoretical calculations indicated it would be kinetically possible to obtain cinnamic acid, the reductive carboxylation product, from phenylacetylene in a CO2/H2 system wi...