Frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs), discovered in the last few decades for homogeneous catalysts and in the last few years also for heterogeneous catalysts, are stimulating the scientific community’s interest for their potential in small-molecule activation. Nevertheless, how an FLP activates stable molecules such as CO2 is still undefined. Through a careful spectroscopic study, we here report the formation of FLPs over a highly defective CeO2 sample prepared by microwave-assisted synthesis. Carbon dioxide activation over FLP is shown to occur through a bidentate carbonate bridging the FLP and implying a Ce3+-to-CO2 charge transfer, thus enhancing its activation. Carbon dioxide reaction with methanol to form monomethylcarbonate is here employed to demonstrate active roles of FLP and, eventually, to propose a reaction mechanism clarifying the role of Ce3+ and oxygen vacancies.

CeO2 Frustrated Lewis Pairs Improving CO2 and CH3OH Conversion to Monomethylcarbonate

Grillo G.;Manzoli M.;Signorile M.;Damin A.;Crocellà V.;Cravotto G.;Bordiga S.
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2023-01-01

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Frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs), discovered in the last few decades for homogeneous catalysts and in the last few years also for heterogeneous catalysts, are stimulating the scientific community’s interest for their potential in small-molecule activation. Nevertheless, how an FLP activates stable molecules such as CO2 is still undefined. Through a careful spectroscopic study, we here report the formation of FLPs over a highly defective CeO2 sample prepared by microwave-assisted synthesis. Carbon dioxide activation over FLP is shown to occur through a bidentate carbonate bridging the FLP and implying a Ce3+-to-CO2 charge transfer, thus enhancing its activation. Carbon dioxide reaction with methanol to form monomethylcarbonate is here employed to demonstrate active roles of FLP and, eventually, to propose a reaction mechanism clarifying the role of Ce3+ and oxygen vacancies.
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CeO; 2; CO; 2; activation; dimethyl carbonate; frustrated Lewis pair; monomethylcarbonate
Salusso D.; Grillo G.; Manzoli M.; Signorile M.; Zafeiratos S.; Barreau M.; Damin A.; Crocellà V.; Cravotto G.; Bordiga S.
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