Role of water in metal catalyst performance for ketone hydrogenation: a joint experimental and theoretical study on levulinic acid conversion into gamma-valerolactone | Zendy

Carine Michel | Zendy; Jérémie Zaffran | Zendy; Agnieszka M. Ruppert | Zendy; J. MatrasMichalska | Zendy; Marcin Jędrzejczyk | Zendy; Jacek Grams | Zendy; Philippe Sautet | Zendy

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Role of water in metal catalyst performance for ketone hydrogenation: a joint experimental and theoretical study on levulinic acid conversion into gamma-valerolactone

Author(s) -

Carine Michel,

Jérémie Zaffran,

Agnieszka M. Ruppert,

J. MatrasMichalska,

Marcin Jędrzejczyk,

Jacek Grams,

Philippe Sautet

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

chemical communications

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.837

H-Index - 333

eISSN - 1364-548X

pISSN - 1359-7345

DOI - 10.1039/c4cc04401k

Subject(s) - levulinic acid , catalysis , ketone , metal , chemistry , joint (building) , organic chemistry , engineering , architectural engineering

While Ru is a poor hydrogenation catalyst compared to Pt or Pd in the gas phase, it is efficient under aqueous phase conditions in the hydrogenation of ketones such as the conversion of levulinic acid into gamma-valerolactone. Combining DFT calculations and experiments, we demonstrate that water is responsible for the enhanced reactivity of Ru under those conditions.

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