{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["12(1)"],"submitter":["Behrouzi L"],"funding":["Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences"],"pubmed_abstract":["Artificial photosynthesis, an umbrella term, is a chemical process that biomimetics natural photosynthesis. In natural photosynthesis, electrons from the water-oxidation reaction are used for carbon dioxide reduction. Herein, we report the reducion of aldehydes and ketones to corresponding alcohols in a simple undivided cell. This reaction utilized inexpensive nickel foam electrodes (1 cm<sup>2</sup>) and LiClO<sub>4</sub> (0.05 M) as a commercially accessible electrolyte in an aqueous medium. Under electrochemical conditions, a series of alcohols (21 examples) produces high selectivity in good yields (up to 100%). Usage the current method, 10 mmol (1060 mg) of benzaldehyde is also successfully reduced to benzyl alcohol (757 mg, 70% isolated yield) without any by‑products. This route to alcohols matched several green chemistry principles: (a) atom economy owing to the use of H<sub>2</sub>O as the solvent and the source of hydrogen, (b) elimination of the homogeneous metal catalyst, (c) use of smooth reaction conditions, (d) waste inhibition due to low volumetric of by-products, and (e) application of safe EtOH co-solvent. Moreover, the ability of the system to operate with alkyne and alkene compounds enhanced the practical efficiency of this process."],"journal":["Scientific reports"],"pagination":["19968"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9675855"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Water oxidation couples to electrocatalytic hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds and unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds by nickel."],"pmcid":["PMC9675855"],"pubmed_authors":["Fotuhi M","Najafpour MM","Zand Z","Kaboudin B","Behrouzi L"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Water oxidation couples to electrocatalytic hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds and unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds by nickel.","description":"Artificial photosynthesis, an umbrella term, is a chemical process that biomimetics natural photosynthesis. In natural photosynthesis, electrons from the water-oxidation reaction are used for carbon dioxide reduction. Herein, we report the reducion of aldehydes and ketones to corresponding alcohols in a simple undivided cell. This reaction utilized inexpensive nickel foam electrodes (1 cm<sup>2</sup>) and LiClO<sub>4</sub> (0.05 M) as a commercially accessible electrolyte in an aqueous medium. Under electrochemical conditions, a series of alcohols (21 examples) produces high selectivity in good yields (up to 100%). Usage the current method, 10 mmol (1060 mg) of benzaldehyde is also successfully reduced to benzyl alcohol (757 mg, 70% isolated yield) without any by‑products. This route to alcohols matched several green chemistry principles: (a) atom economy owing to the use of H<sub>2</sub>O as the solvent and the source of hydrogen, (b) elimination of the homogeneous metal catalyst, (c) use of smooth reaction conditions, (d) waste inhibition due to low volumetric of by-products, and (e) application of safe EtOH co-solvent. Moreover, the ability of the system to operate with alkyne and alkene compounds enhanced the practical efficiency of this process.","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Nov","modification":"2025-04-18T15:00:09.063Z","creation":"2025-04-07T01:25:02.963Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9675855","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36402849"],"doi":["10.1038/s41598-022-23777-7"]}}