Syntheses of Phenyl Formates and Naphthyl Formates with Acetic Formic Anhydride

Mixed Acylais; Synthesis of Alkylidene Carboxylate Formates

Novel ruthenium-catalyst for hydroesterification of olefins with formates.

An alternative ruthenium-based catalyst for the hydroesterification of olefins with formates is reported. The good activity of our system is ensured by the use of a bidentate P,N-ligand and ruthenium dodecacarbonyl. A range of formates can be used for selective alkoxycarbonylation of aromatic olefins. In addition, the synthesis of selected aliphatic esters is realized. The proposed active ruthe...

Challenges in the Greener Production of Formates/Formic Acid, Methanol, and DME by Heterogeneously Catalyzed CO2 Hydrogenation Processes

The recent advances in the development of heterogeneous catalysts and processes for the direct hydrogenation of CO2 to formate/formic acid, methanol, and dimethyl ether are thoroughly reviewed, with special emphasis on thermodynamics and catalyst design considerations. After introducing the main motivation for the development of such processes, we first summarize the most important aspects of C...

Ab initio study on the structures of fluorinated formates and hydrogen abstraction reaction with OH radical

The conformational potential energy surfaces for mono- and difluoromethyl formate have been determined by using a modified G2(MP2) level of calculations. The structures and vibrational frequencies for the conformers of mono- and difluoromethyl formate have been reported. The hydrogen abstraction reaction channels between these two formates and OH radicals have been studied at the same level of ...

Lithium-promoted hydrogenation of carbon dioxide to formates by heterobimetallic hydridozinc alkoxide clusters.

The remarkably distinct reactivity of hydridozinc heterobimetallic cubanes [(HZnOtBu)4-n(thf LiOtBu)n] 1a-1d towards CO2 is reported--the hydride transfer from Zn-H to CO2 is drastically accelerated in the presence of Li ions in 1b-1d which led to the respective metal formate hydrates; the systems are inspiring models for the selective conversion of water gas into formates on lithium-promoted Z...