Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät - Institut für Chemie

The Limberg group has shown in cooperation with the Kaupp group (TUB) that in bioinspired nickel-CO₂ complexes the degree of CO₂ activation depends on the nature of the alkali metal counterion, the strength of its interaction with the CO₂ unit – and thus its special separation – as well as on further polar entities in the second coordination sphere. This is also reflected in the reactivity towards electrophiles which lead to C-O bond cleavage and CO formation.

S. Wolff, V. Pelmenschikov, R. Müller, M. Ertegi, B. Cula, M. Kaupp, C. Limberg, Chem. Eur. J. 2024. e202303112; "Controlling the Activation at Ni^II-CO₂^2- Moieties through Lewis Acid Interactions in the Second Coordination Sphere"

Link to the original publication: https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/chem.202303112

The paper is part of special collections on Modern Lewis Acid Chemistry and Hot Topic: Carbon Dioxide