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Synlett 1990; 1990(10): 599-600
DOI: 10.1055/s-1990-21179
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Effective and Mild Ionic Hydrogenation of Carbon Monoxide, Carbon Dioxide, Methyl Alcohol, Formic Acid, Carbonyl Sulfide and Carbon Disulfide to Methane with Sodium Borohydride/Trifluoromethanesulfonic (triflic) Acid1

George A. Olah* , An-hsiang Wu
  • *Donald P. and Katherine B. Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-1661, USA
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08 March 2002 (online)

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Carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, methyl alcohol, formic acid, carbonyl sulfide and carbon disulfide are reduced to methane by ionic hydrogenation using sodium borohydride and superacidic trifluoromethanesulfonic acid. Experimental details are given and the mechanism is discussed.