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SUBMITTER: Chauvier C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5655896 | biostudies-other | 2015 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Chauvier Clément C Tlili Anis A Das Neves Gomes Christophe C Thuéry Pierre P Cantat Thibault T
Chemical science 20150306 5
Formic acid is at the crossroads of novel sustainable energy strategies because it is an efficient H<sub>2</sub> carrier. Yet, to date, its decomposition to H<sub>2</sub> relies on metal-based catalysts. Herein, we describe the first metal-free catalysts able to promote the dehydrogenation of formic acid. Using dialkylborane derivatives, HCOOH is decomposed to H<sub>2</sub> and CO<sub>2</sub> in the presence of a base with high selectivity. Experimental and computational results point to the inv ...[more]