A Step into an eco-Compatible Future: Iron- and Cobalt-catalyzed Borrowing Hydrogen Transformation

ChemSusChem. 2016 Jan 8;9(1):28-30. doi: 10.1002/cssc.201501460. Epub 2015 Dec 15.

Abstract

Living on borrowed hydrogen: Recent developments in iron- and cobalt-catalyzed borrowing hydrogen have shown that economically reliable catalysts can be used in this type of waste-free reactions. By using well-defined inexpensive catalysts, known reactions can now be run efficiently without the necessary use of noble metals; however, in addition new types of reactivity can also be discovered.

Keywords: cobalt; eco-compatibility; homogeneous catalysis; hydrogen transfer; iron.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Catalysis
  • Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic
  • Cobalt / chemistry*
  • Coordination Complexes / chemistry*
  • Hydrogen / chemistry*
  • Hydrogenation
  • Iron / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure

Substances

  • Coordination Complexes
  • Cobalt
  • Hydrogen
  • Iron