| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/M55558/01 |
| Title: |
ROPA: SUPERCRITICAL HYDROGENATION WITHOUT GASES |
| Principal Investigator: |
Poliakoff, Professor M |
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| Department: |
Sch of Chemistry |
| Organisation: |
University of Nottingham |
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ROPA |
| Starts: |
01 November 1999 |
Ends: |
31 October 2001 |
Value (£): |
109,441
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| Chemical Synthetic Methodology |
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The supercritical hydrogenation of organic compounds offers a high degree of control and selectivity. This proposal aims to develop a safe, small-scale apparatus for supercritical hydrogenation (continuous or batch) of liquids or solids without the need for bulky gas cylinders, by using the catalytic decomposition of HCOOH to generate H2 + CO2. Preliminary experiments are very promising. The objectives are (I) to optimise the generation of H2/CO2 at high pressures from HCCOH (ii) to evaluate homo- and heterogeneous hydrogenation and (iii) to explore the possibility of using the alternative decomposition pathway of HCOOH (to CO_H2O) for carbonylation reactions.
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http://www.nottingham.ac.uk |