title: Direct Conversion of Glycerol into Formic Acid via Water Stable Pd(II) Catalyzed Oxidative Carbon-Carbon Bond Cleavage.
abstract: 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 through13C labeled studies.
authors.affiliation: Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA.
authors.forename: Prasanna
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pullanikat
authors.forename: Joo Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kyung Soo
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Kyung Woon
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Jung
keywords: Degradation of glycerol; Formic acid; NHC amidate ligand; Oxidative catalysis; Palladium catalyst