Mechanistic Investigation into Copper(I) Hydride Catalyzed Formic Acid Dehydrogenation

Roel L. M. Bienenmann*, Anne Olarte Loyo, Martin Lutz, Daniël L. J. Broere

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Abstract

Copper(I) hydride complexes are typically known to react with CO2 to form their corresponding copper formate counterparts. However, recently it has been observed that some multinuclear copper hydrides can feature the opposite reactivity and catalyze the dehydrogenation of formic acid. Here we report the use of a multinuclear PNNP copper hydride complex as an active (pre)catalyst for this reaction. Mechanistic investigations provide insights into the catalyst resting state and the rate-determining step and identify an off-cycle species that is responsible for the unexpected substrate inhibition in this reaction.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)15599-15608
Number of pages10
JournalACS Catalysis
Volume14
Issue number20
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18 Oct 2024

Bibliographical note

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Funding

Sander de Vos is gratefully acknowledged for his help in setting up the online hydrogen GC measurements. We would like to thank Bert Klein Gebbink for his input on the manuscript. The work in this paper was supported by The Netherlands Organization of Scientific Research (VI.Veni.192.074 to D.L.J.B.). The X-ray diffractometer has been financed by The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).

FundersFunder number
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk OnderzoekVI.Veni.192.074

    Keywords

    • copper
    • dehydrogenation
    • dinuclear
    • formic acid
    • homogeneous catalysis
    • mechanistic investigation

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