Method for catalytically producing formic acid

US8759575B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• JBACH GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Bösmann · Stegen, DE
• René Wölfel · Heroldsbach, DE
• Peter Wasserscheid · Cologne, DE
• Nicola Taccardi · Erlangen, DE
• Jakob Albert · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 26, 2011
• Grant date: Jun 24, 2014
• Expiry date: Aug 26, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P20/10
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for catalytically producing formic acid. A polyoxometallate ion, which is used as a catalyst, of the general formula [PMoxVyO40]5− is brought into contact with an alpha-hydroxyaldehyde, an alpha-hydroxycarboxylic acid, a carbohydrate, or a glycoside in a liquid solution at a temperature below 120° C., wherein 6<x<11, 1<y<6, x+y=12, and x and y are each a whole number.