title: Catalyst Control of Selectivity in CO2 Reduction Using a Tunable Heterobimetallic Effect.
abstract: A tunable bimetallic effect on product selectivity in catalytic CO2 reduction was identified using N-heterocyclic carbene-ligated Cu complexes. While the monometallic Cu-only system catalyzes hydroboration of CO2 with pinacolborane to produce formate exclusively, introducing a bimetallic effect with analogous Cu-Fe, Cu-W, and Cu-Mo catalysts produces mixtures of formate and CO. Within a series of isosteric catalysts, the selectivity of CO versus formate was controlled by tuning the electronic nature of the Cu/M pairing, with high selectivity for CO being achieved using a Cu-Mo catalyst.
authors: Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago , 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States.
authors: Sharareh
authors: S
authors: Bagherzadeh
authors: Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago , 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States.
authors: Neal P
authors: NP
authors: Mankad