Iron-Based Catalysts for the Hydrogenation of Esters to Alcohols

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• 作者：Sumit Chakraborty ; Huiguang Dai ; Papri Bhattacharya ; Neil T. Fairweather ; Michael S. Gibson ; Jeanette A. Krause ; Hairong Guan
• 刊名：Journal of the American Chemical Society
• 出版年：2014
• 出版时间：June 4, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：136
• 期：22
• 页码：7869-7872
• 全文大小：271K
• 年卷期：v.136,no.22(June 4, 2014)
• ISSN：1520-5126

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Hydrogenation of esters is vital to the chemical industry for the production of alcohols, especially fatty alcohols that find broad applications in consumer products. Current technologies for ester hydrogenation rely on either heterogeneous catalysts operating under extreme temperatures and pressures or homogeneous catalysts containing precious metals such as ruthenium and osmium. Here, we report the hydrogenation of esters under relatively mild conditions by employing an iron-based catalyst bearing a PNP-pincer ligand. This catalytic system is also effective for the conversion of coconut oil derived fatty acid methyl esters to detergent alcohols without adding any solvent.