Synthesis 2021; 53(18): 3263-3278
DOI: 10.1055/a-1577-5947
special topic
Bond Activation – in Honor of Prof. Shinji Murai

Recent Advances in Light-Driven Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation via Carbon Dioxide Activation

Jieun Jung
a   Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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Susumu Saito
a   Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
b   Research Center for Materials Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
› Author Affiliations
This work was supported by the Asahi Glass Foundation (Step-up-grant to S.S.), Scientific Research (B) (19H02713 to S.S.) and Early-Career Scientists (no. 21K14642 to J. J.) from JSPS, and partially by the grant of Joint Research by the National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS) (NINS program No. 01112104 to S.S.).


Abstract

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is an attractive renewable one-carbon (C1) feedstock in terms of its earth abundance, low cost, and non-toxicity. Developing new catalytic systems to realize the practical insertion of CO2 into organic molecules has been of great importance for ecological economics. In recent years, outstanding improvements have been carried out in the field of light-driven catalytic carboxylation via the activation of CO2 as the key reagent. In this short review, the recent developments of light-promoted carboxylation utilizing CO2 to synthesize value-added chemicals using a dual visible-light photoredox/transition-metal catalyst or a photoredox catalyst are highlighted.

1 Introduction

2 Visible-Light-Driven Carboxylation Using Transition-Metal Photocatalysts

2.1 Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Carboxylation of Alkenes

2.2 Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Carboxylation of C(sp2)–X (X = Cl, Br, OTf) Bonds

2.3 Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Carboxylation of Alkynes

2.4 Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Carboxylation of Carbons Attached to Nitrogen

3 Light-Driven Carboxylation via Organo-Photocatalysis

3.1 Photocatalytic Carboxylation of Alkenes

3.2 Photocatalytic Carboxylation of C(sp3)–H Bonds

4 Conclusion



Publication History

Received: 22 May 2021

Accepted after revision: 03 August 2021

Accepted Manuscript online:
03 August 2021

Article published online:
12 August 2021

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