Realizing Metal-Free Carbene-Catalyzed Carbonylation Reactions with CO
Jesse L. Peltier, Eder Tomás‐Mendivil, Daniel R. Tolentino, Max M. Hansmann, Rodolphe Jazzar, Guy Bertrand
Abstract
-quinone into a cyclic carbonate. These findings pave the way for the discovery of metal-free catalyzed carbonylation reactions.
Topics & Concepts
ChemistryCarbonylationCarbeneCarbon monoxideCatalysisChemical transformationOrganocatalysisTransition metalOrganic chemistryPhotochemistrySinglet stateCombinatorial chemistryPhysicsEnantioselective synthesisExcited stateNuclear physicsN-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic ChemistryOrganoboron and organosilicon chemistryCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysis