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Developing Bicatalytic Cascade Reactions: Ruthenium‐catalyzed Hydrogen Generation From Methanol
Author(s) -
Agapova Anastasiya,
Junge Henrik,
Beller Matthias
Publication year - 2019
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.201900966
Subject(s) - dehydrogenation , ruthenium , methanol , formic acid , catalysis , chemistry , hydrogen , cascade , aqueous solution , inorganic chemistry , photochemistry , organic chemistry , chromatography
A novel state‐of‐the‐art bicatalytic system for hydrogen generation from aqueous methanol at low temperature and base concentration is described. Applying two molecularly defined ruthenium complexes A and B3 for methanol dehydrogenation at the same time under the same conditions, a synergistic effect is observed. This behavior is explained by the increase of the dehydrogenation of formic acid, which is formed as an intermediate, by the second catalyst B3 .