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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Williams CM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2928647 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20081017 45
A nickel-catalyzed reductive carboxylation of styrenes using CO2 has been developed. The reaction proceeds under mild conditions using diethylzinc as the reductant. Preliminary data suggests the mechanism involves two discrete nickel-mediated catalytic cycles, the first involving a catalyzed hydrozincation of the alkene followed by a second, slower nickel-catalyzed carboxylation of the in situ formed organozinc reagent. Importantly, the catalyst system is very robust and will fixate CO2 in good ...[more]