A Green Approach to Ethyl Acetate: Quantitative Conversion of Ethanol through Direct Dehydrogenation in a Pd–Ag Membrane Reactor

Pincers do the trick: The conversion of ethanol to ethyl acetate and hydrogen was achieved using a pincer–Ru catalyst in a Pd–Ag membrane reactor. Near quantitative conversions and yields could be achieved without the need for acid or base promoters or hydrogen acceptors (see scheme). Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.