Carbon dioxide hydrogenation to formic acid by using a heterogeneous gold catalyst

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2011 Dec 23;50(52):12551-4. doi: 10.1002/anie.201105481. Epub 2011 Nov 4.

Abstract

AUROlite, consisting of gold supported on titania (picture shows extrudates in a steel net cage), is a robust catalyst for the production of catalyst-free HCOOH/NEt(3) adducts from H(2), CO(2), and neat NEt(3). Pure HCOOH is freed from the adducts by amine exchange.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carbon Dioxide / chemistry*
  • Catalysis
  • Formates / chemical synthesis*
  • Formates / chemistry
  • Gold / chemistry*
  • Hydrogenation
  • Particle Size
  • Surface Properties

Substances

  • Formates
  • formic acid
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Gold