Efficient co-upcycling of glycerol and CO<sub>2</sub> into valuable products enabled by a bifunctional Ru-complex catalyst
Tianhua Cui, Huihua Gong, Ji Li, Jiawei Mao, Weichao Xue, Xueli Zheng, Haiyan Fu, Hua Chen, Ruixiang Li, Jiaqi Xu
Abstract
FTIR spectra suggest that glyceraldehyde from glycerol might serve as a key intermediate to form lactate, while DFT calculations indicate that Ru complex 2 possesses the lowest reaction barriers and can form the RuN intermediate, contributing to its higher activity.
Topics & Concepts
BifunctionalCatalysisGlycerolChemistryOrganic chemistryCombinatorial chemistryChemical engineeringEngineeringCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysisCatalysis for Biomass ConversionAsymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis