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Fast and reversible insertion of carbon dioxide into zirconocene-alkoxide bonds. A mechanistic study

Brink, Alice ; Truedsson, Ida LU ; Fleckhaus, André LU ; Johnson, Magnus LU ; Norrby, Per Ola ; Roodt, Andreas and Wendt, Ola LU (2014) In Dalton Transactions 43(23). p.8894-8898
Abstract
In two consecutive equilibria the compound (Cp*)(2)Zr(OMe)(2) undergoes insertion of CO2 to form the mono- and bis-hemicarbonates. Both equilibria are exothermic but entropically disfavoured. Magnetisation transfer experiments gave kinetic data for the first equilibrium showing that the rate of insertion is overall second order with a rate constant of 3.20 +/- 0.12 M-1 s(-1), which is substantially higher than those reported for other early transition metal alkoxides, which are currently the best homogeneous catalysts for dimethyl carbonate formation from methanol and CO2. Activation parameters for the insertion reaction point to a highly ordered transition state and we interpret that as there being a substantial interaction between the... (More)
In two consecutive equilibria the compound (Cp*)(2)Zr(OMe)(2) undergoes insertion of CO2 to form the mono- and bis-hemicarbonates. Both equilibria are exothermic but entropically disfavoured. Magnetisation transfer experiments gave kinetic data for the first equilibrium showing that the rate of insertion is overall second order with a rate constant of 3.20 +/- 0.12 M-1 s(-1), which is substantially higher than those reported for other early transition metal alkoxides, which are currently the best homogeneous catalysts for dimethyl carbonate formation from methanol and CO2. Activation parameters for the insertion reaction point to a highly ordered transition state and we interpret that as there being a substantial interaction between the CO2 and the metal during the C-O bond formation. This is supported by DFT calculations showing the lateral attack by CO2 to have the lowest energy transition state. (Less)
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  abstract     = {{In two consecutive equilibria the compound (Cp*)(2)Zr(OMe)(2) undergoes insertion of CO2 to form the mono- and bis-hemicarbonates. Both equilibria are exothermic but entropically disfavoured. Magnetisation transfer experiments gave kinetic data for the first equilibrium showing that the rate of insertion is overall second order with a rate constant of 3.20 +/- 0.12 M-1 s(-1), which is substantially higher than those reported for other early transition metal alkoxides, which are currently the best homogeneous catalysts for dimethyl carbonate formation from methanol and CO2. Activation parameters for the insertion reaction point to a highly ordered transition state and we interpret that as there being a substantial interaction between the CO2 and the metal during the C-O bond formation. This is supported by DFT calculations showing the lateral attack by CO2 to have the lowest energy transition state.}},
  author       = {{Brink, Alice and Truedsson, Ida and Fleckhaus, André and Johnson, Magnus and Norrby, Per Ola and Roodt, Andreas and Wendt, Ola}},
  issn         = {{1477-9234}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{23}},
  pages        = {{8894--8898}},
  publisher    = {{Royal Society of Chemistry}},
  series       = {{Dalton Transactions}},
  title        = {{Fast and reversible insertion of carbon dioxide into zirconocene-alkoxide bonds. A mechanistic study}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3dt53566e}},
  doi          = {{10.1039/c3dt53566e}},
  volume       = {{43}},
  year         = {{2014}},
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