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Efficient Hydrogen Liberation from Formic Acid Catalyzed by a Well‐Defined Iron Pincer Complex under Mild Conditions
Author(s) -
Zell Thomas,
Butschke Burkhard,
BenDavid Yehoshoa,
Milstein David
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201301383
Subject(s) - pincer movement , formic acid , liberation , catalysis , hydrogen , chemistry , decomposition , turnover number , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , biochemistry , in vitro
Hydrogen liberation : An attractive approach to reversible hydrogen storage applications is based on the decomposition of formic acid. The efficient and selective hydrogen liberation from formic acid is catalyzed by an iron pincer complex in the presence of trialkylamine (see scheme). Turnover frequencies up to 836 h −1 and turnover numbers up to 100 000 were achieved at 40 °C. A mechanism including well‐defined intermediates is suggested on the basis of experimental and computational data.