Catalytic reduction of CO2 with organo-silanes using [Ru3(CO)12

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The reaction of carbon dioxide with Et3SiH in the presence of catalytic amounts of [Ru3(CO)12] as a catalytic precursor was achieved to produce silyl formate (Et3SiOCOH) 1s with a TON of 9000. A similar reaction in the presence of KF yielded potassium formate (8s) in a one-pot protocol with high selectivity using water or MeCN as the solvent. In the current report the complete reduction of carbon dioxide to methane was achieved, with the use of a more reactive silane (phenylsilane). A catalytically relevant species was the ruthenium cluster [H4Ru4(CO)12]. This is the second report on the hydrosilylation of carbon dioxide catalyzed by highly active and readily available ruthenium clusters and this is the first report of hydrosilylation of CO2 to methane.