Catalytic hydrogenation of carboxylic acids using low-valent and high-valent metal complexes.

Catalytic hydrogenation of carboxylic acids using low-valent and high-valent metal complexes.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2018 Oct 12;:
Authors: Yoshioka S, Saito S
Abstract
Carboxylic acids are ubiquitous in bio-renewable and petrochemical sources of carbon. The hydrogenation of carboxylic acids to alcohols generates water as the only by-product, and thus represents a sustainable method for the production of these alternative energy carriers/platform chemicals on a large scale. Herein, we offer a brief account of the development of this new concept and molecular insights into cationic mononuclear low- and high-valent transition-metal complexes for the hydrogenation of carboxylic acids.
PMID: 30311923 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Chemical Communications - October 12, 2018 Category: Chemistry Authors: Yoshioka S, Saito S Tags: Chem Commun (Camb) Source Type: research