Exploiting decarbonylation and dehydrogenation of formamides for the synthesis of ureas, polyureas, and poly(urea-urethanes)
James Luk, Alister S. Goodfellow, Nachiket More, Michæl Bühl, Amit Kumar
Abstract
gases are eliminated in all these processes. Decarbonylation of formamides using such organometallic catalysts has not been reported before and therefore mechanistic insights have been provided using experiments and DFT computation to shed light on pathways of these processes.
Topics & Concepts
DehydrogenationDecarbonylationFormamidesUreaChemistryOrganic chemistryFormamidePolymer chemistryCombinatorial chemistryCatalysisCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysisAsymmetric Hydrogenation and CatalysisOrganometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis