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Highly Efficient Base‐Free Dehydrogenation of Formic Acid at Low Temperature
Author(s) -
Prichatz Christoph,
Trincado Monica,
Tan Lilin,
Casas Fernando,
Kammer Anja,
Junge Henrik,
Beller Matthias,
Grützmacher Hansjörg
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.201801072
Subject(s) - dehydrogenation , formic acid , catalysis , ruthenium , chemistry , inorganic chemistry , base (topology) , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , mathematical analysis , mathematics
The ruthenium complex [RuH 2 (PPh 3 ) 4 ] is a competent catalyst for the selective dehydrogenation of formic acid (FA) at low temperature. It tolerates water and shows excellent performance (TOF up to 36 000 h −1 at 60 °C). Remarkably, no basic additives are necessary to obtain such high activity and the defined complex is stable for up to 120 days, making this system one of the most effective formic acid dehydrogenation catalysts known to date.