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¹Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, Post Office Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands.

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Area of Science:

Inorganic Chemistry
Catalysis
Sustainable Chemistry

Background:

Growing global warming concerns drive research into carbon dioxide (CO2) utilization.
CO2 is a potential feedstock for synthesizing value-added chemicals.
Developing efficient catalytic systems for CO2 conversion is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

To describe a novel dinuclear copper(I) complex for CO2 oxidation.
To investigate the catalytic conversion of CO2 into oxalate using this copper complex.
To demonstrate the regeneration and turnover capability of the catalytic system.

Main Methods:

Synthesis and characterization of a dinuclear copper(I) complex.
Oxidation of the copper(I) complex by CO2 to form a copper(II) oxalate complex.
Precipitation of lithium oxalate from the copper(II) oxalate complex.
Electrochemical reduction of the copper(II) complex to regenerate the copper(I) catalyst.

Main Results:

A dinuclear copper(I) complex was synthesized, which is oxidized by CO2 to a tetranuclear copper(II) complex.
The copper(II) complex facilitated the quantitative precipitation of lithium oxalate.
Electrochemical reduction regenerated the active dinuclear copper(I) catalyst with high efficiency.
The catalytic system achieved six turnovers, producing 12 equivalents of oxalate over 7 hours at -0.03 V vs. NHE.

Conclusions:

A novel catalytic system based on a dinuclear copper complex effectively converts CO2 into oxalate.
The process demonstrates efficient CO2 utilization and catalyst regeneration through electrochemistry.
This work presents a promising pathway for sustainable chemical synthesis using CO2 as a feedstock.