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SUBMITTER: Wang Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6892813 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20191204 1
Synthesis of higher carboxylic acids using CO<sub>2</sub> and H<sub>2</sub> is of great importance, because CO<sub>2</sub> is an attractive renewable C1 resource and H<sub>2</sub> is a cheap and clean reductant. Herein we report a route to produce higher carboxylic acids via reaction of ethers with CO<sub>2</sub> and H<sub>2</sub>. We show that the reaction can be efficiently catalyzed by an IrI<sub>4</sub> catalyst with LiI as promoter at 170 °C, 5 MPa of CO<sub>2</sub> and 2 MPa of H<sub>2</su ...[more]