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ACS CATALYSIS
Volume 7, Issue 2, Pages 1123-1131Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6b03194
Keywords
hydrogenation of formic acid; disproportionation of formic acid; methanol production; dehydrogenation of formic acid; iridium complexes
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- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), ACT-C
- Swiss National Science Foundation
- EPFL
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Production of methanol (MeOH) from CO2 is strongly desired as a key chemical feedstock and a fuel. However, the conventional process requires elevated temperature and pressure, and high temperature restricts the productivity of MeOH due to equilibrium limitations between CO2 and MeOH. This paper describes the efficient hydrogenation/disproportionation of formic acid (FA) to MeOH by using iridium catalysts with electronically tuned ligands and by optimizing reaction conditions. An iridium complex bearing 5,5'-dimethy1-2,2'-bipyridine in FA hydrogenation achieved MeOH selectivity with H-2 of up to 47.1% for FA hydrogenation under 4.5 MPa of H-2 in the presence of H2SO4. The final concentration of MeOH of 3.9 M and a TON of 1314 were obtained in 12 M FA aqueous solution including 10 mol % of H2SO4 at 60 degrees C under 5.2 MPa of H-2. Even under atmospheric pressure without introduction of external hydrogen gas, the FA disproportionation under deuterated conditions produced MeOH with 15.4% selectivity. Furthermore, the isotope effect and NMR studies revealed mechanistic insight into the catalytic hydrogenation of FA to MeOH.
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