Dehydrogenation of Formic Acid Catalyzed by a Ruthenium Complex with an N,N′‑Diimine Ligand

• Published in: Inorganic chemistry Vol. 56; no. 1; pp. 438 - 445
• Main Authors: Guan, Chao, Zhang, Dan-Dan, Pan, Yupeng, Iguchi, Masayuki, Ajitha, Manjaly J, Hu, Jinsong, Li, Huaifeng, Yao, Changguang, Huang, Mei-Hui, Min, Shixiong, Zheng, Junrong, Himeda, Yuichiro, Kawanami, Hajime, Huang, Kuo-Wei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 03.01.2017

We report a ruthenium complex containing an N,N′-diimine ligand for the selective decomposition of formic acid to H2 and CO2 in water in the absence of any organic additives. A turnover frequency of 12 000 h–1 and a turnover number of 350 000 at 90 °C were achieved in the HCOOH/HCOONa aqueous soluti...