Regioselective Hydroxymethylation of Alkenes to Linear Alcohols with CO₂/H₂ Using a Rh/Ru Dual Catalyst

CO2 is an attractive renewable C1 resource, and H2 is a cheap and green reductant. The combination of CO2 and H2 for hydroxymethylation of alkenes provides a novel synthetic tool to directly generate alcohols, especially linear ones, which are generally preferred as precursors of detergents and plasticizers. However, the most problematic issue of this promising transformation is the non-regioselection due to the inability of regioselectivity...