Iron-based nanocatalyst for the acceptorless dehydrogenation reactions

TitleIron-based nanocatalyst for the acceptorless dehydrogenation reactions
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2017
AuthorsJaiswal, G, Landge, VG, Jagadeesan, D, Balaraman, E
JournalNature Communications
Volume8
PaginationArticle Number: 2147
Date PublishedDEC
AbstractDevelopment of sustainable catalytic systems for fundamentally important synthetic transformations and energy storage applications is an intellectually stimulating challenge. Catalytic dehydrogenation of feedstock chemicals, such as alcohols and amines to value-added products with the concomitant generation of dihydrogen is of much interest in the context of hydrogen economy and is an effective alternative to the classical oxidation reactions. Despite a number of homogeneous catalysts being identified for the acceptorless dehydrogenation, the use of high price and limited availability of precious metals and poor recovery of the catalyst have spurred interest in catalysis with more earth-abundant alternatives, especially iron. However, no report has described a reusable iron-based heterogeneous catalyst for oxidant-free and acceptorless dehydrogenation reactions. Here we replace expensive noble metal catalysts with an inexpensive, benign, and sustainable nanoscale iron catalyst for the efficient acceptorless dehydrogenation of N-heterocycles and alcohols with liberation of hydrogen gas.
DOI10.1038/s41467-017-01603-3
Type of Journal (Indian or Foreign)Foreign
Impact Factor (IF)12.124
Divison category: 
Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry
Physical and Materials Chemistry

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