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Synfacts 2011(5): 0563-0563  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1259817
Polymer-Supported Synthesis
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Rhodium Nanoparticle Catalysts Stabilized with Modified Polyvinylpyrrolidones

Contributor(s): Yasuhiro Uozumi, Yoichi M. A. Yamada, Maki Minakawa
N. Yan*, Y. Yuan, P. J. Dyson*
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
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15 April 2011 (online)

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Significance

Rhodium nanoparticle catalysts coated with a modified polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) were developed. The Rh nanoparticles (NPs) coated with 1 (1-Rh) exhibited thermal and catalytic stability compared to Rh NPs coated with PVP (PVP-Rh). Hydrogenation of aromatic substrates was performed with 1-Rh, or 2-Rh to give the corresponding cyclohexanes.