Efficient Disproportionation of Formic Acid to Methanol Using Molecular Ruthenium Catalysts

The disproportionation of formic acid to methanol was unveiled in 2013 using iridium catalysts. Although attractive, this transformation suffers from very low yields; methanol was produced in less than 2 % yield, because the competitive dehydrogenation of formic acid (to CO2 and H2) is favored. We r...

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