Paired Electrocatalytic Oxygenation and Hydrogenation of Organic Substrates with Water as the Oxygen and Hydrogen Source.

ABSTRACT: The use of water as an oxygen and hydrogen source for the paired oxygenation and hydrogenation of organic substrates to produce valuable chemicals is of utmost importance as a means of establishing green chemical syntheses. Inspired by the active Ni³⁺ intermediates involved in electrocatalytic water oxidation by nickel-based materials, we prepared NiB_x as a catalyst and used water as the oxygen source for the oxygenation of various organic compounds. NiB_x was further employed as both an anode and a cathode in a paired electrosynthesis cell for the respective oxygenation and hydrogenation of organic compounds, with water as both the oxygen and hydrogen source. Conversion efficiency and selectivity of ≥99 % were observed during the oxygenation of 5-hydroxymet

SUBMITTER: Zhang P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6617801 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature