Журнал "Макрогетероциклы"

Evgeny V. Kudrik,^@1 Sergei V. Makarov,^@2 Elena S. Ageeva, and Ilia A. Dereven’kov

Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology, Ivanovo, 153000, Russia

^@1Corresponding author E-mail: ttos@isuct.ru

^@2Corresponding author E-mail: makarov@isuct.ru

Cobalt tetrasulfophthalocyanine, CoII(TSPc)^4-, is shown to be an effective catalyst of decomposition of formic acid to
hydrogen and carbon dioxide. The overall mechanism comprises the reduction of CoII(TSPc)4-, followed by the reaction
of intermediate complex CoI(TSPc)5- with proton.