Nature Communications (Apr 2016)

Highly selective hydrogenation of arenes using nanostructured ruthenium catalysts modified with a carbon–nitrogen matrix

  • Xinjiang Cui,
  • Annette-Enrica Surkus,
  • Kathrin Junge,
  • Christoph Topf,
  • Jörg Radnik,
  • Carsten Kreyenschulte,
  • Matthias Beller

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11326
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The selective reduction of arenes is important in organic synthesis and also valorization of biomass. Here, the authors report the use of ruthenium-based nanoparticles, which display high activity in arene reduction and preferentially hydrogenate aromatic rings rather than cleaving etheric C-O bonds.