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Direct conversion of glycerol into formic acid via water stable Pd(II) catalyzed oxidative carbon-carbon bond cleavage
Pullanikat, Prasanna,Lee, Joo Ho,Yoo, Kyung Soo,Jung, Kyung Woon
, p. 4463 - 4466 (2013)
Using our tridentate NHC-amidate-alkoxide Pd(II) complex, we developed a catalytic method for oxidative C-C bond cleavage of glycerol. The glycerol was degraded exclusively to formic acid and CO2. Two possible degradation pathways were proposed through 13C labeled studies.