Wang, Zheng; Zhao, Ziwei; Li, Yong; Zhong, Yanxia; Zhang, Qiuyue; Liu, Qingbin; Solan, Gregory A.; Ma, Yanping; Sun, Wen-Hua published the artcile< Ruthenium-catalyzed hydrogenation of CO2 as a route to methyl esters for use as biofuels or fine chemicals>, Name: Methyl 3-(trifluoromethyl)benzoate, the main research area is carbon dioxide hydrogenation methyl ester ruthenium catalyst.
A novel robust diphosphine-ruthenium(II) complex has been developed that can efficiently catalyze both the hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol and its in situ condensation with carboxylic acids to form Me esters; a TON of up to 3260 is achievable for the CO2 to methanol step. Both aromatic and aliphatic carboxylic acids can be transformed to their corresponding Me esters with high conversion and selectivity (17 aliphatic and 18 aromatic examples). On the basis of a series of experiments, a mechanism has been proposed to account for the various steps involved in the catalytic pathway. More importantly, this approach provides a promising route for using CO2 as a C1 source for the production of biofuels, fine chems. and methanol.
Chemical Science published new progress about Biofuels. 2557-13-3 belongs to class esters-buliding-blocks, and the molecular formula is C9H7F3O2, Name: Methyl 3-(trifluoromethyl)benzoate.
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