Selective hydrogenation of arenes to cyclohexanes in water catalyzed by chitin-supported ruthenium nanoparticles


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Authors
Morioka, Y 
Matsuoka, A 
Binder, K 
Knappett, BR 
Wheatley, AEH 
Abstract

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
Journal Title
Catalysis Science and Technology
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Journal ISSN
2044-4753
2044-4761
Volume Title
6
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Sponsorship
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.
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