M.Sc. Leo E. Heim1, Dipl.-Chem. Daniel Thiel1, Christian Gedig1, Priv.-Doz. Dr. Jan Deska1,2,* andPriv.-Doz. Dr. Martin H. G. Prechtl1,*
1.Department Chemie, Universität zu Köln, Greinstrasse 4-6, 50939 Cologne (Germany)
2.Current address: Department of Chemistry, Aalto University, Kemistintie 1, 00076 Espoo (Finland)
Article first published online: 14 JUL 2015
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201503737Abstract
Imitating nature′s approach in nucleophile-activated
formaldehyde dehydrogenation, air-stable ruthenium complexes proved to
be exquisite catalysts for the dehydrogenation of formaldehyde hydrate
as well as for the transfer hydrogenation to unsaturated organic
substrates at loadings as low as 0.5 mol %. Concatenation of the
chemical hydrogen-fixation route with an oxidase-mediated activation of
methanol gives an artificial methylotrophic in vitro metabolism
providing methanol-derived reduction equivalents for synthetic
hydrogenation purposes. Moreover, for the first time methanol reforming
at room temperature was achieved on the basis of this bioinduced
dehydrogenation path delivering hydrogen gas from aqueous methanol.
Imitating nature′s approach for
nucleophile-activated formaldehyde dehydrogenation: Air-stable ruthenium
complexes are catalysts for the dehydrogenation of formaldehyde hydrate
as well as for the transfer hydrogenation to unsaturated organic
substrates. In combination with an oxidase-mediated activation of
methanol, an artificial methylotrophic in vitro metabolism provides
hydrogen gas in a room-temperature methanol-reforming pathway.
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