Electrochemical Reaction of CO2 with MeNH to Afford N,N-Dimethylformamide, Catalyzed by 2+ (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine)

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1987.597

Electrochemical CO2 reduction catalyzed by ²⁺ in the presence of Me2NH and Me2NH*HCl in anhydrous acetonitrile catalytically produces HCOO^- and N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) with current efficiency 75.7 and 21.4percent, respectively, via the carbamoyl Ru(II) complex as an intermediate, whose formation was confirmed by FT-IR and 1H NMR spectra.