Selective hydrogen production from methanol with a defined Iron pincer catalyst under mild conditions

Article abstract of DOI:10.1002/anie.201307224

Molecularly well-defined iron pincer complexes promote the aqueous-phase reforming of methanol to carbon dioxide and hydrogen, which is of interest in the context of a methanol and hydrogen economy. For the first time, the use of earth-abundant iron complexes under mild conditions for efficient hydrogen generation from alcohols is demonstrated. Ironing out the hydrogen: A molecularly defined iron pincer complex is able to catalyze the dehydrogenation of aqueous methanol at low temperatures. This represents a further step towards the implementation of a "methanol/hydrogen economy". Copyright