Hydrogenation of CO2 to formate catalyzed by N-heterocyclic carbene-nitrogen-phosphine chelated iridium(Ⅰ) complexes
- Corresponding author: Jiaqi XU, jqxu@scu.edu.cn Ruixiang LI, liruixiang@scu.edu.cn
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Huihua GONG, Tianhua CUI, Li JI, Jichuan ZHANG, Liyuan ZHANG, Yan CHEN, Zhenye WANG, Jiaqi XU, Ruixiang LI. Hydrogenation of CO2 to formate catalyzed by N-heterocyclic carbene-nitrogen-phosphine chelated iridium(Ⅰ) complexes[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry,
;2025, 41(12): 2609-2620.
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10.11862/CJIC.20250170
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TOFaverage represents the average TOF over the total reaction time, while TOFstart represents the initial TOF during the initial part of the reaction.