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Insight into decomposition of formic acid to syngas required for Rh-catalyzed hydroformylation of olefins.
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Journal of Catalysis . Feb2021, Vol. 394, p406-415. 10p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- The atmospheric hydroformylation of olefins with FA as syngas alternative over L1 -Rh(acac)CO) 2 catalytic system (L1 = Xantphos) • Rh-catalyzed hydroformylation of olefins with formic acid as syngas alternative. • Insight into decomposition of formic acid to CO as well as H 2. • Characterizations by in situ FT-IR and high-pressure 1H NMR spectroscopic techniques. Formic acid (FA) is one kind of important bulk chemicals, which is recognized as a sustainable and eco-friendly energy carrier to transport H 2 via dehydrogenation or CO via decarbonylation. Expectantly, FA upon decomposition into H 2 and CO could be used as the syngas alternative for hydroformylation. In this paper, the behaviors of FA to release H 2 as well as CO following the distinct pathways were carefully investigated for the first time, and then established a new hydroformylation protocol free of syngas. It was found that the atmospheric hydroformylation of olefins with formic acid (FA) as syngas alternative was smoothly fulfilled over Xantphos (L1) modified Rh-catalyst under mild conditions (80 °C, Rh concentration 1 mol %, 14 h), resulting in >90% conversion of the olefins along with the high selectivity to the target aldehydes (>93%). By using FA as syngas source, the side-reaction of olefin-hydrogenation was greatly depressed. The in situ FT-IR and the high-pressure 1H NMR spectroscopic analyses were applied to reveal how FA behaves dually as CO surrogate and hydrogen source over L1 -Rh(acac)(CO) 2 catalytic system, based on which the deeply insight into the catalytic mechanism of hydroformylation of olefins with FA as syngas alternative was offered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00219517
- Volume :
- 394
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Catalysis
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 148988297
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2020.09.039