Reversible CO2 activation by a N-phosphinoamidinato digermyne

Jun Fan; Shina Quek; Ming-Chung Yang; Zheng-Feng Zhang; Ming-Der Su; Cheuk-Wai So

doi:10.1039/d1cc05391d

Reversible CO₂ activation by a N-phosphinoamidinato digermyne

Chem Commun (Camb). 2022 Jan 20;58(7):1033-1036. doi: 10.1039/d1cc05391d.

Authors

Jun Fan¹, Shina Quek¹, Ming-Chung Yang², Zheng-Feng Zhang², Ming-Der Su^{2

3}, Cheuk-Wai So¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 637371, Singapore. CWSo@ntu.edu.sg.
² Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiayi University, Chiayi 60004, Taiwan.
³ Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan.

PMID: 34951421
DOI: 10.1039/d1cc05391d

Abstract

The N-phosphinoamidinato digermynes [LG̈e-G̈eL] (L = tBu₂PNC(Ph)NAr, 4: Ar = 2,6-iPr₂C₆H₃, 5: Ar = Ph) underwent reversible CO₂ activation to form [LG̈eOC(O)G̈eL] (6: Ar = 2,6-iPr₂C₆H₃, 7: Ar = Ph). Compound 7 was further reacted with diphenylacetylene and hexafluorobenzene, which proceeded through compound 5 in the first step, to form CO₂, [LG̈eC(Ph) = C(Ph) G̈eL] (8), [LG̈eF] (9) and [LG̈eC₆F₅] (10), respectively.