#Team simultaneously synthesizes dicarboxylic acids and hydrogen from diols
“#Team simultaneously synthesizes dicarboxylic acids and hydrogen from diols” Using an iridium catalyst bound to a bipyridonate ligand, researchers were able to synthesize dicarboxylic acids from aqueous diols, with the added benefit of generating hydrogen as a byproduct. Credit: Kyoto University Every year, the chemical industry makes trillions of dollars synthesizing the countless chemical compounds…