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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2012
Jonathan F. Hull, Oakland, CA (US);
Yuichiro Himeda, Ibaraki, JP;
Etsuko Fujita, Port Jefferson, NY (US);
James T. Muckeman, Port Jefferson, NY (US);
Jonathan F. Hull, Oakland, CA (US);
Yuichiro Himeda, Ibaraki, JP;
Etsuko Fujita, Port Jefferson, NY (US);
James T. Muckeman, Port Jefferson, NY (US);
Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC, Upton, NY (US);
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention relates to a ligand that may be used to create a catalyst including a coordination complex is formed by the addition of two metals; Cp, Cp* or an unsubstituted or substituted π-arene; and two coordinating solvent species or solvent molecules. The bimetallic catalyst may be used in the hydrogenation of COto form formic acid and/or salts thereof, and in the dehydrogenation of formic acid and/or salts thereof to form Hand CO.