Acceptorless dehydrogenation of alcohols using Cu–Fe catalysts prepared from Cu–Fe layered double hydroxides as precursors

Abstract

Catalytically active and stable catalysts are highly desirable for the acceptorless dehydrogenation (AD) of alcohols. Herein, we developed Cu–Fe catalysts prepared from Cu–Fe layered double hydroxide (LDH) precursors. These Cu–Fe catalysts exhibited outstanding activity and selectivity for the AD of various alcohols under oxidant- and base-free conditions and can be steadily reused for up to 5 consecutive runs with no loss of activity.