A green approach to ethyl acetate: quantitative conversion of ethanol through direct dehydrogenation in a Pd-Ag membrane reactor

Gaofeng Zeng; Tao Chen; Lipeng He; Ingo Pinnau; Zhiping Lai; Kuo-Wei Huang

doi:10.1002/chem.201202005

A green approach to ethyl acetate: quantitative conversion of ethanol through direct dehydrogenation in a Pd-Ag membrane reactor

Chemistry. 2012 Dec 7;18(50):15940-3. doi: 10.1002/chem.201202005. Epub 2012 Nov 7.

Authors

Gaofeng Zeng¹, Tao Chen, Lipeng He, Ingo Pinnau, Zhiping Lai, Kuo-Wei Huang

Affiliation

¹ Division of Chemical and Life Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.

PMID: 23136053
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201202005

Abstract

Pincers do the trick: The conversion of ethanol to ethyl acetate and hydrogen was achieved using a pincer-Ru catalyst in a Pd-Ag membrane reactor. Near quantitative conversions and yields could be achieved without the need for acid or base promoters or hydrogen acceptors (see scheme).