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Cover Picture: Highly Efficient Reversible Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide to Formates Using a Ruthenium PNP‐Pincer Catalyst (ChemCatChem 6/2014)
Author(s) -
Filonenko Georgy A.,
van Putten Robbert,
Schulpen Erik N.,
Hensen Emiel J. M.,
Pidko Evgeny A.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201490034
Subject(s) - pincer movement , dehydrogenation , catalysis , ruthenium , hydrogen storage , chemistry , homogeneous , homogeneous catalysis , hydrogen , photochemistry , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , physics , thermodynamics
Milder, faster, stronger, better! The cover shows a conceptual hydrogen battery in which H 2 storage and its release are achieved through reversible catalytic hydrogenation of CO 2 with an Ru‐PNP pincer complex. In their Communication on p. 1526 ff., E. A. Pidko et al. describe a homogeneous catalytic system that shows unprecedented activity in both CO 2 hydrogenation and dehydrogenation of HCO 2 H. The authors describe a key role of the base promoter on the reaction mechanism, the overall performance of the system, and its H 2 storage capacity.