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Selective Formic Acid Synthesis from Nanoscale Electrochemistry
Author(s) -
Höckendorf Robert F.,
Siu ChiKit,
van der Linde Christian,
Balaj O. Petru,
Beyer Martin K.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201004134
Subject(s) - formic acid , electrochemistry , electron transfer , nanoscopic scale , chemistry , nanotechnology , photochemistry , materials science , organic chemistry , electrode
Hydrogen‐atom transfer from a thiol group to the CO 2 radical anion is a fast and selective downhill process in a gas‐phase water cluster. This suggests that placing a thiol group near the site of electron transfer to CO 2 in a nanostructured electrochemical environment allows the selective formation of formic acid (see picture; dark gray C, light gray H, red O, yellow S).