Catalytic reactions for mimicking processes in the fixation of carbon dioxide and methanogenesis by methanogenic bacteria

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26550054
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Environmental engineering and reduction of environmental burden
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: FUKUSHIMA Masami 北海道大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (40344113)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 環境技術 / 環境材料 / 触媒・化学プロセス / 超分子化学 / 生体機能利用

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In the methanogenesis by methanogenic bacteria, CO2 is fixed as N-formyl to methanofuran (MF). To mimic such processes chemically, catalytic systems were searched, in terms of the N-formylation of benzylamine as a model of MF. The Cu-diphosphine complex/polymethylhydrosiloxane system was found to be effective. In addition, the effects of humic substances, which are distributed in habitat of the bacteria, on the efficiency of N-formylation were also investigated.

Free Research Field

環境化学、触媒化学、分析化学