The reduction of CO2 is a central part of society’s grand challenge of shifting from petroleum to renewable carbon source for our chemical and energy needs. Earth abundant first row transition metals are well placed for the catalyst development required to utilize CO2 on scales required to meet these demands. Our work on the development of first row metals as catalyst for CO2 functionalization with olefins and dihydrogen will be presented. Particular emphasis will be placed on the role of Lewis acids as co-catalysts for these CO2 reduction reactions.

First row transition metals and Lewis acid co-cataylsts for carbon dioxide reduction

249th National Meeting (2015)

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