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Inside Back Cover: Carbon Dioxide to Methanol: The Aqueous Catalytic Way at Room Temperature (Chem. Eur. J. 44/2016)
Author(s) -
Sordakis Katerina,
Tsurusaki Akihiro,
Iguchi Masayuki,
Kawanami Hajime,
Himeda Yuichiro,
Laurenczy Gábor
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201604372
Subject(s) - formic acid , methanol , disproportionation , carbon dioxide , catalysis , aqueous solution , chemistry , selectivity , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry
The direct transformation of carbon dioxide into methanol in the presence of H 2 gas is demonstrated, for the first time, in a “one‐pot” homogenous reaction performed at ambient temperature and in aqueous solution. Methanol was found to be produced from the disproportionation of transiently formed formic acid. Optimization of the reaction conditions allowed for complete formic acid disproportionation into methanol with an unprecedented selectivity of 96 %. More information can be found in the Communication by Y. Himeda, G. Laurenczy et al. on page 15605 ff.