Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids Catalyzed Formylation of Amines Using Carbon Dioxide and Phenylsilane at Room Temperature

Leiduan Hao, Yanfei Zhao, Bo Yu, Zhenzhen Yang, Hongye Zhang, Buxing Han, Xiang Gao, Zhimin Liu

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Abstract

The CO2-involved synthesis of chemicals is of significance. In this work, we found that 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium ionic liquids (ILs) had high efficiency for catalyzing the formylation of amines using CO2 and phenylsilane at room temperature, producing the corresponding formylated products in excellent yields under the metal-free condition. The ILs acted as bifunctional catalysts, which activated the Si-H bond of phenylsilane to react with CO2 to form the formoxysilane intermediate and simultaneously activated the amine substrate through the hydrogen bond. Moreover, the imidazolium cation and the anions of the ILs showed an excellent synergistic effect on catalyzing the formylation of amines.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4989-4993
Number of pages5
JournalACS Catalysis
Volume5
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 28 2015
Externally publishedYes

Funding

FundersFunder number
National Natural Science Foundation of China21321063, 21125314, 21403252

    Keywords

    • carbon dioxide
    • conversion
    • formylation
    • ionic liquid
    • room temperature

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