The facile reduction of carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide with an amido-digermyne.
Taking the fizz out: A digermyne compound with a Ge-Ge single bond has been shown to quantitatively reduce CO(2) to CO at temperatures as low as -40 °C. The mechanism of this unprecedented reaction has been probed by spectroscopic and computational techniques and involves a metastable intermediate (see picture; Ar*=C(6) H(2){C(H)Ph(2)}(2)Me-2,6,4).
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Jiaye
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Li
Markus
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Hermann
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Frenking
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Jones