Publication Date:
2011-09-24
Description:
Hydrogen is one of the essential reactants in the chemical industry, though its generation from renewable sources and storage in a safe and reversible manner remain challenging. Formic acid (HCO(2)H or FA) is a promising source and storage material in this respect. Here, we present a highly active iron catalyst system for the liberation of H(2) from FA. Applying 0.005 mole percent of Fe(BF(4))(2).6H(2)O and tris[(2-diphenylphosphino)ethyl]phosphine [P(CH(2)CH(2)PPh(2))(3), PP(3)] to a solution of FA in environmentally benign propylene carbonate, with no further additives or base, affords turnover frequencies up to 9425 per hour and a turnover number of more than 92,000 at 80 degrees C. We used in situ nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, kinetic studies, and density functional theory calculations to explain possible reaction mechanisms.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Boddien, Albert -- Mellmann, Dorthe -- Gartner, Felix -- Jackstell, Ralf -- Junge, Henrik -- Dyson, Paul J -- Laurenczy, Gabor -- Ludwig, Ralf -- Beller, Matthias -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2011 Sep 23;333(6050):1733-6. doi: 10.1126/science.1206613.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Leibniz-Institut fur Katalyse e.V. an der Universitat Rostock, Albert-Einstein Strass 29a, Rostock, 18059, Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21940890" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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