Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide to Methanol by Using a Homogeneous Ruthenium–Phosphine Catalyst

Abstract

Simply efficient: The homogenously catalyzed hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol is achieved by using a ruthenium phosphine complex under relatively mild conditions (see scheme; HNTf2=bis(trifluoromethane)sulfonimide). This is the first example of CO2 hydrogenation to methanol by using a single molecularly defined catalyst. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.