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Synfacts 2013; 9(5): 0563
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1338338
Polymer-Supported Synthesis
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Hydrogenation of Alkenes Using Copper Nanoparticles Supported on Diamond

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Yasuhiro Uozumi
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Takao Osako
Dhakshinamoorthy A, * Navalon S, Sempere D, Alvaro M, Garcia H. * Universitat PolitÈcnica de ValÈncia, Spain
Reduction of Alkenes Catalyzed by Copper Nanoparticles Supported on Diamond Nanoparticles.

Chem. Commun. 2013;
49: 2359-2361
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Publication Date:
17 April 2013 (online)

 
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Key words

copper nanoparticles - diamond nanoparticles - hydrogenation - alkenes

Significance

Copper nanoparticles supported on diamond nanoparticles (Cu/DH) catalyzed the hydrogenation of alkenes with N2H4·H2O to give the corresponding alkanes in 60–100% conversion with selectivities of the desired products from 96 to >99% (19 examples, eq. 1). The catalyst was recovered by centri­fugation and reused three times without significant loss of the catalytic activity in the hydrogenation of styrene (3th reuse: 94% conversion, >99% selectivity).


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Comment

The authors previously reported the preparation of Cu/DH and their application to the aerobic oxidation of thiols (ChemCatChem 2013, 5, 241). The catalytic activity of Cu/DH was superior to that of copper nanoparticles supported on activated carbon, graphite, and multi-walled carbon nanotubes and gold and palladium nanoparticles supported on DH. Phenyl acetylene underwent the hydrogenation under similar conditions to give styrene and ethylbenzene (39% conversion; styrene/ethylbenzene = 61:39).


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