title: Conversion of carbon dioxide into methanol with silanes over N-heterocyclic carbene catalysts.
abstract: Activate and reduce: Carbon dioxide was reduced with silane using a stable N-heterocyclic carbene organocatalyst to provide methanol under very mild conditions. Dry air can serve as the feedstock, and the organocatalyst is much more efficient than transition-metal catalysts for this reaction. This approach offers a very promising protocol for chemical CO(2) activation and fixation.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, 31 Biopolis Way, The Nanos, Singapore 138669.
authors.forename: Siti Nurhanna
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Riduan
authors.forename: Yugen
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jackie Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Ying