Synthesis of higher carboxylic acids from ethers, CO2 and H2

Ying Wang; Qingli Qian; Jingjing Zhang; Bernard Baffour Asare Bediako; Zhenpeng Wang; Huizhen Liu; Buxing Han

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13463-0

Nature Communications (Dec 2019)

Synthesis of higher carboxylic acids from ethers, CO2 and H2

Ying Wang,
Qingli Qian,
Jingjing Zhang,
Bernard Baffour Asare Bediako,
Zhenpeng Wang,
Huizhen Liu,
Buxing Han

Affiliations

Ying Wang: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Qingli Qian: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jingjing Zhang: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bernard Baffour Asare Bediako: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhenpeng Wang: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Huizhen Liu: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Buxing Han: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13463-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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CO2 conversion into value-added chemicals is a promising strategy to exploit renewable feedstocks. Here, the authors report the iridium-catalysed synthesis of higher carboxylic acids from ethers, CO2 and H2.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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