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A New Method of C0₂ Activation: Alcohol Homologation with a CO₂/H₂ Mixture

E. V. Evdokimova^a, V. V. Lunin^b, P. V. Afanasiev^b, I. I. Moiseev^a

^a N.S. Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
^b Department of Chemistry, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation

Abstract: Homologation of methanol and ethanol has been observed by placing a CO₂/H₂ (1:1) mixture in contact with a suspension of copper/zirconium polyhydride, Cu₃Zr₂H_n, in an alcohol–benzene solution; the absence of CO and CH₃OH among the reaction products in the ethanol homologation suggests that carbon monoxide and methanol are not involved in the reaction observed.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1070/MC1993v003n01ABEH000191