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Sugars as Novel, Effective, and Renewable Hydrogen Sources in Dehydrogenation and Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation Reactions
Author(s) -
Lamberson Bailee,
Nguyen Thy N. P.,
Wehr Hannah,
Thananatthanachon Todsapon
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
energy technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 2194-4296
pISSN - 2194-4288
DOI - 10.1002/ente.202000716
Subject(s) - dehydrogenation , bifunctional , catalysis , chemistry , hydrogen , steric effects , organic chemistry , transfer hydrogenation , kinetics , combinatorial chemistry , ruthenium , physics , quantum mechanics
The applications of sugars as inexpensive, renewable, and nontoxic sources of hydrogen gas are systematically demonstrated by means of dehydrogenation and catalytic transfer hydrogenation reactions. The chiral bifunctional Noyori‐type catalyst, Cp*Ir(TsDPEN), is found to effectively, regioselectively, and stereoselectively dehydrogenate various sugars possessing different steric hindrance and stereochemistry. Furthermore, kinetics experiments for these dehydrogenation reactions reveal that many sugars are superior sources of hydrogen gas when compared with a traditional hydrogen donor, isopropanol. Applications of sugars in transfer hydrogenation with various hydrogen acceptors are also investigated.