Eco-friendly upconversion of limestone into value-added calcium formate
Gunniya Hariyanandam Gunasekar, Hong‐Jin Park, Sudakar Padmanaban, Sungho Yoon
Abstract
We first report the heterogeneous conversion of CaCO<sub>3</sub> into calcium formate (CF) using an efficient bisphosphine-based Ru catalyst. The catalyst can be reused and the generated CF can be isolated in a very pure form.
Topics & Concepts
FormateEnvironmentally friendlyCatalysisCalciumChemistryPhoton upconversionChemical engineeringInorganic chemistryOrganic chemistryIonBiologyEcologyEngineeringCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysisAsymmetric Hydrogenation and CatalysisCatalysis for Biomass Conversion