10.14469/HPC/3010
Hicken, Alexandra
Alexandra
Hicken
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3615-9852
Imperial College London
Selective Reduction of CO2 to a Formate Equivalent with Heterobimetallic Gold---Copper Hydride Complexes
Imperial College London
2017
Results
Imperial College London
Imperial College Research Computing Service
Hicken, Alexandra
Alexandra
Hicken
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3615-9852
Imperial College London
White, Andrew
Andrew
White
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6175-1607
Imperial College London
Crimmin, Mark
Mark
Crimmin
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9339-9182
Imperial College London
2017
https://data.hpc.imperial.ac.uk/resolve/?ore=3010
10.14469/hpc/3011
10.14469/hpc/3012
10.14469/hpc/3013
10.14469/hpc/3015
10.14469/hpc/3145
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A series of heterobimetallic complexes containing 3-center,2-electron AuâHâCu bonds have been prepared from addition of a parent gold hydride to a bent d10 copper(I) fragment. These highly unusual heterobimetallic complexes represent a missing link in the widely investigated series of neutral and cationic coinage metal hydride complexes containing CuâHâCu and MâHâM+ moieties (M = Cu, Ag). The well-defined heterobimetallic hydride complexes act as pre-catalysts for the selective reduction of CO2 to HCO2Bpin using HBpin as a reductant. Similar results are found with ill-defined Pd / Au and Ni / Au ad-mixtures. In all cases the selectivity of these catalysts for production of a formate equivalent surpasses that of the monomeric components.