Mimicking transition metals in borrowing hydrogen from alcohols
Ananya Banik, Jasimuddin Ahmed, Swagata Sil, Swadhin K. Mandal
Abstract
An efficient method is developed for harvesting hydrogen, its storage and catalytic transfer by an odd alternant hydrocarbon. The strategy is reminiscent of transition metals in borrowing hydrogen mediated processes.
Topics & Concepts
Transition metalHydrogenTransition (genetics)ChemistryChemical physicsMaterials scienceOrganic chemistryCatalysisBiochemistryGeneAsymmetric Hydrogenation and CatalysisNanomaterials for catalytic reactionsCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysis