Xiaoqing Wen

Aug 16, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Qing Shen |Southwest Jiaotong |Xiaoqing Wen |Jiahong Li

Formates are abundantly available and inexpensive commodity chemical, widely used in laboratory and industrial organic synthesis. Formates are promising hydrogen carrier and green C1 source, and have also been a subject of research as SET re-ductants in recent years. Compared to the toxic and flammable gas carbon monoxide, which also serves as a C1 source, for-mates are easier to handle, store, and transport, and are more environmentally friendly.