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Back Cover: Bioinduced Room‐Temperature Methanol Reforming (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 35/2015)
Author(s) -
Heim Leo E.,
Thiel Daniel,
Gedig Christian,
Deska Jan,
Prechtl Martin H. G.
Publication year - 2015
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.201506735
Subject(s) - methanol , oxidizing agent , dehydrogenation , formaldehyde , chemistry , int , aqueous solution , catalysis , hydrogen , cover (algebra) , organic chemistry , computer science , mechanical engineering , engineering , operating system
The best of two worlds is exploited when methanol‐oxidizing enzymes are combined with formaldehyde‐reforming metal complexes. In their Communication on page 10308 ff. , J. Deska, M. Prechtl et al. employ an organometallic formaldehyde dehydrogenase mimic to construct a methylotrophic in vitro metabolism. The interplay of biocatalytic MeOH activation with the transition‐metal‐catalyzed dehydrogenation provides a room‐temperature path for the liberation of hydrogen gas from aqueous methanol.