Catalytic Disproportionation of Formic Acid to Generate Methanol

The homogeneously catalyzed disproportionation of formic acid to methanol, water, and carbon dioxide is accomplished by only 10 ppm of a readily accessible iridium catalyst, [Cp*Ir(bpy)(H2O)]2+ (Cp*=pentamethylcyclopentadienyl, bpy=2,2′‐bipyridine). Methanol is produced under mild, aqueous condition...

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Published inAngewandte Chemie International Edition Vol. 52; no. 14; pp. 3981 - 3984
Main Authors Miller, Alexander J. M., Heinekey, D. Michael, Mayer, James M., Goldberg, Karen I.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 02.04.2013
WILEY‐VCH Verlag
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EditionInternational ed. in English
Subjects
Accessibility
Carbon dioxide
Catalysts
Disproportionation
Formic acid
homogeneous catalysis
Iridium
Methanol
Methyl alcohol
Organic solvents
Solvents
transfer hydrogenation
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ISSN1433-7851
1521-3773
1521-3773
DOI10.1002/anie.201208470

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Summary:The homogeneously catalyzed disproportionation of formic acid to methanol, water, and carbon dioxide is accomplished by only 10 ppm of a readily accessible iridium catalyst, [Cp*Ir(bpy)(H2O)]2+ (Cp*=pentamethylcyclopentadienyl, bpy=2,2′‐bipyridine). Methanol is produced under mild, aqueous conditions, without the use of any organic solvents or hydrogen gas.
Bibliography:NSF - No. CHE-0650456; No. CHE-1205189
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Weizmann Institute of Science
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We gratefully acknowledge funding from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry and the NSF Center for Enabling New Technologies Through Catalysis (CENTC), CHE-0650456 and CHE-1205189. K.I.G. thanks the Weizmann Institute of Science for a Joseph Meyerhoff Visiting Professorship.
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We gratefully acknowledge funding from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry and the NSF Center for Enabling New Technologies Through Catalysis (CENTC), CHE‐0650456 and CHE‐1205189. K.I.G. thanks the Weizmann Institute of Science for a Joseph Meyerhoff Visiting Professorship.
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ISSN:1433-7851
1521-3773
1521-3773
DOI:10.1002/anie.201208470