One approach to address growing energy demand is to transform CO2 into an alternative fuel source. To gain insight on selective reduction of CO2 beyond CO, we investigated reactivity of ruthenium hydroxymethyl compound, [Ru(Me2bpy)2(CO)(CH2OH)]+, which has been proposed as an intermediate in CO2 reduction to methanol. Reactions between [Ru(CH2OH)]+ and electrophiles (H+ and trityl cation) in the presence and absence of added Lewis bases will be described.

Electrophile reactivity with an intermediate ruthenium complex in catalytic CO2 reduction

2019 Spring National Meeting

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