Abstract
We report the hydrogenation of carbamates and urea derivatives, two of the most challenging carbonyl compounds to be hydrogenated, catalyzed for the first time by a complex of an earth-abundant metal. The hydrogenation reaction of these CO2-derived compounds, catalyzed by a manganese pincer complex, yields methanol in addition to amine and alcohol, which makes this methodology a sustainable alternative route for the conversion of CO2 to methanol, involving a base-metal catalyst. Moreover, the hydrogenation proceeds under mild pressure (20 bar). Our observations support a hydrogenation mechanism involving the Mn-H complex. A plausible catalytic cycle is proposed based on informative mechanistic experiments.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 12962-12966 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of the American Chemical Society |
| Volume | 141 |
| Issue number | 33 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Aug 21 2019 |
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Manganese Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Carbamates and Urea Derivatives. / Das, Uttam Kumar; Kumar, Amit; Ben-David, Yehoshoa; Iron, Mark A.; Milstein, David.
In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 141, No. 33, 21.08.2019, p. 12962-12966.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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AU - Das, Uttam Kumar
AU - Kumar, Amit
AU - Ben-David, Yehoshoa
AU - Iron, Mark A.
AU - Milstein, David
PY - 2019/8/21
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N2 - We report the hydrogenation of carbamates and urea derivatives, two of the most challenging carbonyl compounds to be hydrogenated, catalyzed for the first time by a complex of an earth-abundant metal. The hydrogenation reaction of these CO2-derived compounds, catalyzed by a manganese pincer complex, yields methanol in addition to amine and alcohol, which makes this methodology a sustainable alternative route for the conversion of CO2 to methanol, involving a base-metal catalyst. Moreover, the hydrogenation proceeds under mild pressure (20 bar). Our observations support a hydrogenation mechanism involving the Mn-H complex. A plausible catalytic cycle is proposed based on informative mechanistic experiments.
AB - We report the hydrogenation of carbamates and urea derivatives, two of the most challenging carbonyl compounds to be hydrogenated, catalyzed for the first time by a complex of an earth-abundant metal. The hydrogenation reaction of these CO2-derived compounds, catalyzed by a manganese pincer complex, yields methanol in addition to amine and alcohol, which makes this methodology a sustainable alternative route for the conversion of CO2 to methanol, involving a base-metal catalyst. Moreover, the hydrogenation proceeds under mild pressure (20 bar). Our observations support a hydrogenation mechanism involving the Mn-H complex. A plausible catalytic cycle is proposed based on informative mechanistic experiments.
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