Synthesis of carboxylic acids via the hydrocarboxylation of alcohols with CO2 and H2

Yanru Zhang; Ying Wang; Qingli Qian; Yang Li; Bernard Baffour Asare Bediako; Jingjing Zhang; Junjuan Yang; Zhiyan Li; Buxing Han

doi:10.1039/D1GC04569E

Synthesis of carboxylic acids via the hydrocarboxylation of alcohols with CO₂ and H₂†

Yanru Zhang,‡^ab Ying Wang,

‡^ab Qingli Qian,

*^ac Yang Li,^ab Bernard Baffour Asare Bediako,

^ab Jingjing Zhang,^ab Junjuan Yang,^a Zhiyan Li^a and Buxing Han

^abcd

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^a Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
E-mail: qianql@iccas.ac.cn

^b School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

^c Physical Science Laboratory, Huairou National Comprehensive Science Center, No. 5 Yanqi East Second Street, Beijing 101400, China

^d Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China

Abstract

Production of higher carboxylic acids from CO₂ and H₂ is a novel and very attractive topic. Herein we present a protocol of synthesizing C₃₊ carboxylic acids via the reaction of alcohols with CO₂ and H₂. A catalytic system consisting of iridium(III) acetate and LiI could effectively accelerate this reaction. The reaction could occur at above 120 °C and the best result was obtained at 170 °C. The catalytic system could be applied to various alcohols (primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols and polyols). The reaction mechanism was proposed based on systematic control experiments.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1GC04569E
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 08 Dec. 2021
Accepted: 31 Janv. 2022
First published: 04 Febr. 2022

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Green Chem., 2022,24, 1973-1977

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Synthesis of carboxylic acids via the hydrocarboxylation of alcohols with CO₂ and H₂

Y. Zhang, Y. Wang, Q. Qian, Y. Li, B. B. Asare Bediako, J. Zhang, J. Yang, Z. Li and B. Han, Green Chem., 2022, 24, 1973 DOI: 10.1039/D1GC04569E

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