Highly Selective Hydrogenation and Hydrogenolysis Using a Copper-doped Porous Metal Oxide Catalyst

Authors

Laurene Petitjean, Yale University
Raphael Gagne, University of New Haven
Evan Beach, Yale University
Dequan Xiao, University of New HavenFollow
Paul Anastas, Yale University

Author URLs

Professor Xiao's Faculty Profile

Laboratory for Integrative Materials Discovery

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-6-2015

Subject: LCSH

Hydrogenation, Hydrogenolysis

Disciplines

Chemical Engineering | Chemistry

Abstract

A copper-doped porous metal oxide catalyst in combination with hydrogen shows selective and quantitative hydrogenolysis of benzyl ketones and aldehydes, and hydrogenation of alkenes. The approach provides an alternative to noble-metal catalysed reductions and stoichiometric Wolff-Kishner and Clemmensen methods.

Comments

This is the authors' accepted version of the article published in Green Chemistry. The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5GC01464F

Repository Citation

Petitjean, Laurene; Gagne, Raphael; Beach, Evan; Xiao, Dequan; and Anastas, Paul, "Highly Selective Hydrogenation and Hydrogenolysis Using a Copper-doped Porous Metal Oxide Catalyst" (2015). Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Faculty Publications. 21.
https://digitalcommons.newhaven.edu/chemicalengineering-facpubs/21

Publisher Citation

Petitjean, L., Gagne, R., Beach, E. S., Xiao, D., & Anastas, P. T. (2016). Highly selective hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis using a copper-doped porous metal oxide catalyst. Green Chemistry, 18(1), 150-156.