Patent ID: 8920769

Claim:
A method for producing hydrogen comprising the steps of: i) contacting a compound (C) comprising one or more groups Si—H with an amine based catalyst in a solvent selected from an alcohol or an aqueous solution, thereby forming hydrogen and a by-product (C1); wherein said amine based catalyst is selected from: (a)—a compound of formula R a R b R c N wherein: R a and R b are each, independently selected from the group consisting of H, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 6 -C 10 aryl, aralkyl, 5 to 7 membered heteroaryl,and 5 to 7 membered heterocyclyl; wherein said alkyl or aryl groups are optionally substituted by one to three R d ; R d is selected from the group consisting of Cl, Br, I, F, OH, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 1 -C 6 alkoxy, C 6 -C 10 aryl, aralkyl, NO 2 , NH 2 , CN, COOH; R c is aralkyl; or (b)—a polymer-supported catalyst bearing one or more groups selected from the group consisiting of NR a R b , and R a R b wherein: R a and R b are each, independently selected from the group consisting of H, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 6 -C 10 aryl, aralkyl, 5 to 7 membered heteroaryl and 5 to 7 membered heterocyclyl; wherein said alkyl or aryl groups are optionally substituted by one or three R d ; R d is selected from the group consisting of Cl, Br, I, F, OH, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 1 -C 6 alkoxy, C 6 -C 10 aryl,aralkyl, NO 2 , NH 2 , CN and COOH; ii) recovering the obtained hydrogen.