Selective hydrogenation of arenes to cyclohexanes in water catalyzed by chitin-supported ruthenium nanoparticles
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The selective hydrogenation of arenes to cyclohexanes is promoted by Ru/chitin under aqueous conditions without the loss of C–O/C–N linkages.
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3405 Organic Chemistry, 34 Chemical Sciences
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Catalysis Science and Technology
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2044-4753
2044-4761
2044-4761
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6
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Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
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This work was financially supported by the Ichihara International
Scholarship Foundation (to H. N.), the Institute for
Quantum Chemical Exploration (to H. N.), MEXT (Japan)
through its program “Integrated Research on Chemical Synthesis”
(to H. N.) and the Royal Society through its International
Exchange Scheme (to A. E. H. W. and H. N.). K. B. and
B. R. K. thank the UK EPSRC (EP/J500380/1). Y. M. and A. M.
acknowledge the IGER program at NU. We thank Professors
R. Noyori (NU), S. Saito (NU) and K. Shimizu (Hokkaido U)
for their helpful comments.