Electrochemical reduction of acetonitrile to ethylamine

Rong Xia; Dong Tian; Shyam Kattel; Bjorn Hasa; Haeun Shin; Xinbin Ma; Jingguang G. Chen; Feng Jiao

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-22291-0

Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

Electrochemical reduction of acetonitrile to ethylamine

Rong Xia,
Dong Tian,
Shyam Kattel,
Bjorn Hasa,
Haeun Shin,
Xinbin Ma,
Jingguang G. Chen,
Feng Jiao

Affiliations

Rong Xia: Center for Catalytic Science and Technology, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware
Dong Tian: Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University
Shyam Kattel: Department of Physics, Florida A&M University
Bjorn Hasa: Center for Catalytic Science and Technology, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware
Haeun Shin: Center for Catalytic Science and Technology, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware
Xinbin Ma: Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University
Jingguang G. Chen: Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University
Feng Jiao: Center for Catalytic Science and Technology, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22291-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Industrial synthesis of primary amine often features poor selectivity because of the formation of secondary and tertiary amine byproducts. Here, the authors report an electrocatalytic route to ethylamine through selective electroreduction of acetonitrile at ambient temperature and pressure.

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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