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Title: Request for Information from entities interested in commercializing Laboratory-developed homogeneous catalyst technology

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1239927· OSTI ID:1239927
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  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Many industrial catalysts used for homogeneous hydrogenation and dehydrogenation of unsaturated substrates are derived from metal complexes that include (air-sensitive) ligands that are often expensive and difficult to synthesize. In particular, catalysts used for many hydrogenations are based on phosphorus containing ligands (in particular PNP pincer systems). These ligands are often difficult to make, are costly, are constrained to having two carbon atoms in the ligand backbone and are susceptible to oxidation at phosphorus, making their use somewhat complicated. Los Alamos researchers have recently developed a new and novel set of ligands that are based on a NNS (ENENES) skeleton (i.e. no phosphorus donors, just nitrogen and sulfur).

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25396
OSTI ID:
1239927
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-16-21191
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English