Title: Exploring Ways to Harness N-Heterocyclic Carbenes and Triarylboranes in Organometallic and Synthetic Chemistry
Yoichi Hoshimoto
Center for Future Innovation (CFi), Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan
Abstract
Our team recently demonstrated a strategy to separate H₂ from a gaseous mixture of H₂ /CO/CO₂ /CH₄
that can include an excess of CO and CO₂ relative to H₂ and simultaneously store it in N
heterocyclic compounds that act as liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHCs), which can be applied
to produce H₂ by subsequent dehydrogenation.1 Our results demonstrate that LOHCs can potentially be
used for H₂ purification in addition to their well established use in H₂ storage. Moreover, this
work demonstrates a new aspect o f main group catalysis beyond its application as a simple
alternative to well established transition metal catalyzed processes, i.e., the main group
catalyzed hydrogenation of unsaturated molecules e.g. carbonyl compounds 2 under mixed gas
conditions. Recent progress on our orig inal triarylborane catalysis will also be mentioned in my
lecture 3,4
LOCATION:Pfizer Lecture Hall STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTART:20241018T201500Z DTEND:20241018T211500Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR