Glucose oxidation to formic acid and methyl formate in perfect selectivity
Stephanie G. Maerten, Chiraphat Kumpidet, Dorothea Voß, Anna Bukowski, Peter Wasserscheid, Jakob Albert
Abstract
We report the highly remarkable discovery that glucose oxidation catalysed by polyoxometalates in methanolic solution enables formation of formic acid and methyl formate in close to 100% combined selectivity, thus with only negligible sugar oxidation to CO<sub>2</sub>.
Topics & Concepts
Formic acidFormateSelectivityMethyl formateChemistrySugarOrganic chemistryInorganic chemistryCatalysisPolyoxometalates: Synthesis and ApplicationsCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysisOxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions