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CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
Volume 15, Issue 28, Pages 6953-6963Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200900361
Keywords
arenes; heterogeneous catalysis; hydrogenation; rhodium; ruthenium
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- Nagase Science Technology Development Foundation
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An efficient and practical arene hydrogenation procedure based on the use of heterogeneous platinum group catalysts has been developed. Rh/C is the most effective catalyst for the hydrogenation of the aromatic ring, which can be conducted in iPrOH under neutral conditions and at ordinary to medium H-2 pressures (< 10 atm). A variety of arenes such as alkylbenzenes, benzoic acids, pyridines, furans, are hydrogenated to the corresponding cyclohexyl and heterocyclic compounds in good to excellent yields. The use of Ru/C, less expensive than Rh/C, affords an effective and practical method for the hydrogenation of arenes including phenols. Both catalysts can be reused several times after simple filtration without any significant loss of catalytic activity.
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