Activation of carbon dioxide and carbon disulfide by a scandium N-heterocyclic carbene complex

Polly L. Arnold*, Isobel A. Marr, Sergey Zlatogorsky, Ronan Bellabarba, Robert P. Tooze

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A Sc NHC complex readily activates three equivalents of CO2 showing 'Frustrated Lewis Pair' type reactivity with each metal-carbene bond, but whilst CS2 is also activated by the labile carbenes, no metal involvement is observed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)34-37
Number of pages4
JournalDalton Transactions
Volume43
Issue number1
Early online date28 Oct 2013
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Jan 2014

Keywords

  • FRUSTRATED LEWIS PAIRS
  • SMALL-MOLECULE ACTIVATION
  • CO2
  • REACTIVITY
  • POLYMERIZATION
  • DITHIOCARBOXYLATES
  • CHEMISTRY
  • ADDUCTS
  • SOLIDS
  • BLOCK

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