title: Highly efficient catalytic hydrosilylation of carbon dioxide by an N-heterocyclic carbene copper catalyst.
abstract: The N-heterocyclic carbene-copper alkoxide complex [(IPr)Cu(OtBu)] acts as a highly efficient catalyst for the hydrosilylation of carbon dioxide with a hydrosilane. The desired product, silyl formate could be isolated in multigram quantity under solvent free conditions. A copper formate catalyst intermediate was successfully isolated and structurally characterized, thus offering important insight into the mechanistic details.
authors.affiliation: Organometallic Chemistry Laboratory and Advanced Catalysis Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jianhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Zhaomin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hou