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„Metal-Free Catalysts for Small Molecules' Activation - Design and Synthesis"

Principal investigator

Borislav Kovačević, dr. sc.

Borislav.Kovacevic@irb.hr

+385 1 457 1385
Project type
Znanstveno-istraživački projekti
Financier
Ruđer Bošković Institute
Start date
Apr 5th 2024
End date
Apr 4th 2025
Status
Done
Total cost
5250 EUR
More information
CroRIS project page

Within this project we plant to investigate the unexpected property of some protonated bisphosphines to act as strong hydride donors potentially capable of reducing CO₂ molecules. Furthermore, we will investigate whether it is possible to close the catalytic cycle of CO₂ reduction through heterolytic cleavage of hydrogen molecules via the formation of frustrated Lewis pairs, resulting in the formation of formic acid and regeneration of the bisphosphine catalyst.