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The application of phosphine in sustainable redox for oxygenated compounds

Phosphine,Sustainable,Redox

Phosphorus in Synthetic Chemistry > 2) Phosphorus compounds as ligands

Oxidation/reduction are fundamental classes of chemical reactions. Although they play crucial roles in both industry and society, due to the need of stoichiometric oxidant/reductant, the oxidation/reduction often cause extensive energy consumption and waste emission. Devoted to the solution of this problem, we have discovered the oxidation/reduction of aldehyde/alcohol under air in water, the nitrogen fixation as well as reductive coupling using water/methanol as reductant, and the deoxygenative coupling of methanol into ethanol. The work has been highlighted by Science (AAAS), German National Radio, etc. and was commented as "research that could change the world". During the development in these processes, phosphines play critical roles in the designing and optimization of the methodology. Further application of phosphines in developing more sustainable redox process has already underway in our lab.