Effect of Concentration,Acid,Temperature,and Metal on Competitive Reaction Pathways for Decarbonylation and Decarboxylation of Formic Acid in Hot Water

摘要

Hydrothermal reaction of formic acid has been studied by varying the following conditions: temperature(275 to 350 deg C),concentration of formic acid(0.1 to 1 M),addition of HC1,and presence of metal alloy powders.In hot water,formic acid decomposes to CO and CO_2.The product ratio of CO to CO_2 strongly depends on the conditions.At higher concentrations and lower temperatures,the yield of CO gets larger.In most of the conditions studied here,the main product is not CO_2 but CO in contrast to previous works.Acid enhances the CO production and metal powders catalyze the decarboxylation pathway.