Lithium Dicyclohexylamide in Transition-Metal-Free Fischer–Tropsch Chemistry
- 5 January 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Vol. 143 (2), 634-638
- https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c11482
Abstract
Lithium dicyclohexylamide (Cy2NLi) reacts with syn-gas or CO to generate transient intermediates with carbene character, which are capable of reacting further with CO or H2, effecting sequential C–C and C–H bond formations from CO or H2, thus providing a transition-metal-free avenue to the fundamental reactions of the Fischer–Tropsch process. Further experimental and computational data indicate that reactions with CO and H2 are thermodynamically accessible, with a kinetic bias toward CO homologation.Keywords
Funding Information
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SPP1807)
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
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