Table 2.

Dehydrogenation of different substrates with 1.

Entry	Substrate	V 5h [mL]	TON5h
1[a]	EtOH	33	163
2[b,d]	paraformaldehyde	32	79
3[c,d]	formic acid	73	283

[a] Reaction conditions: EtOH/H₂O (5 mL, ratio 9:1), KOH (0.04 mol, 8 m), 1 (8.4 μmol, 1.68 mm); T _set: 92 °C. [b] Reaction conditions: tBuOH (36 mL), H₂O (4 mL), KOH (0.05 m), paraformaldehyde (4 mmol, 0.1 m), 1 (8.28 μmol, 0.21 mm); T _set: 81 °C. [c] Reaction conditions: PC (5 mL), 11 mol FA/10 mol DMOA (5 mL), 1 (5.3 μmol, 0.53 μm); T _set: 60 °C. [d] Concomitant production of CO₂ (ratio H₂/CO₂ 1:1, analyzed by GC).