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A few years ago the concept of homogeneous arene hydrogenation catalysis was called into question, since many catalysts originally assigned as homogeneous have subsequently been shown to be precursors to heterogeneous ( colloidal or nanoparticulate) cataly ...
Chloro-(h6-arene) complexes of Ru(II) with N-sulfonyl-1,2-ethylenediamine ligands that have one or two styrene side chains were synthesized and characterized. The chloro ligand was substituted with a diphenylphosphinato ligand and the resulting organometal ...
The reactivity of the cluster family [Ru-3(CO)(12-x)(L)x] (in which L = PMe3, PMe2Ph, PPh3 and PCy3, x = 1 - 3) towards hydrogen is described. When x=2, three isomers of [Ru-3(H)(mu-H)(CO)(9)(L)(2)] are formed, which differ in the arrangement of their equa ...
A reactor concept designed as a bubble column staged with fibrous catalytic layers is tested on pilot-scale for the redn. of nitrite to N by H. CO2 is used to neutralize the hydroxide ions produced during hydrogenation of nitrite. The effective reaction ra ...
In a water/chlorobenzene biphasic reaction, the hydrogenation of trans-cinnamaldehyde, catalyzed by water-soluble Ru(II)-phosphane complexes at pH 3.04 (phosphate buffer), produces a 61:39 mixture of cinnamyl alcohol and dihydrocinnamaldehyde at 1 bar H-2; ...
Optimal conditions for chlorotris(triphenylphosphine)rhodium(I) (Wilkinson's catalyst) catalyzed selective satn. of a double bond in the presence of a nitro function are developed. Aryl iodide and benzyl ether are also tolerated under these hydrogenation c ...
The solubility of hydrogen and the corresponding Henry coefficients for 11 ionic liquids have been determined in situ at 100 atm H-2 pressure and are much lower than expected; attempts to correlate the solubility of hydrogen in the ionic liquids with the r ...
One-step hydroxylation of benzene to phenol by N2O has been performed over structured catalytic beds made of ZSM-5 coatings on stainless steel grids. The catalysts demonstrated high activity with a selectivity toward phenol formation of 98%. A detailed kin ...
New solvents provide synthetic chemists with the opportunity of conducting new reactions and carrying out new processes. In this paper the author's own work on organometallic chemistry in ionic liquids is reviewed and placed in context with studies from ot ...
Catalytic hydrogenation of NO2- in water to N2 over Pd-supported on different woven fibrous materials was studied. Low porosity C fiber, low porosity D-type glass fiber, and composite (glass covered by g-Al2O3) fiber were used. Pd dispersion was compared f ...
