Ionic Liquids as Bifunctional Cosolvents Enhanced CO2 Conversion Catalysed by NADH-Dependent Formate Dehydrogenase

Zhibo Zhang, Bao-hua Xu, Jianquan Luo, Nicolas Solms, Hongyan He, Yaqin Zhang, Manuel Pinelo*, Suojiang Zhang

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Abstract

Efficient CO2 conversion by formate dehydrogenase is limited by the low CO2 concentrations that can be reached in traditional buffers. The use of ionic liquids was proposed as a manner to increase CO2 concentration in the reaction system. It has been found, however, that the required cofactor (NADH) heavily degraded during the enzymatic reaction and that acidity was the main reason. Acidity, indeed, resulted in reduction of the conversion of CO2 into formic acid and contributed to overestimate the amount of formic acid produced when the progression of the reaction was followed by a decrease in NADH absorbance (method N). Stability of NADH and the mechanism of NADH degradation was investigated by UV, NMR and by DFT calculations. It was found that by selecting neutral–basic ionic liquids and by adjusting the concentration of the ionic liquid in the buffer, the concentration of NADH can be maintained in the reaction system with little loss. Conversion of CO2 to methanol in BmimBF4 (67.1%) was more than twice as compared with the conversion attained by the enzymatic reaction in phosphate buffer (24.3%).
Original languageEnglish
Article number304
JournalCatalysts
Volume8
Issue number8
Number of pages13
ISSN2073-4344
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

Keywords

  • Ionic liquids
  • Formate dehydrogenase
  • NADH degradation
  • CO2 conversion

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