Issue 12, 2006
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Chemical Communications

Sulfur, normally a poison, strongly promotes chemoselective catalytic hydrogenation: stereochemistry and reactivity of crotonaldehyde on clean and S-modified Cu(111)†

May E. Chiu,a   Georgios Kyriakou,a   Federico J. Williams,a   David J. Watson,a   Mintcho S. Tikhova  and  Richard M. Lambert*a  

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Abstract

Sulfur adatoms strongly activate the otherwise inert Cu(111) surface towards chemoselective hydrogenation of crotonaldehyde by electronically perturbing and strongly tilting the reactant.

Graphical abstract: Sulfur, normally a poison, strongly promotes chemoselective catalytic hydrogenation: stereochemistry and reactivity of crotonaldehyde on clean and S-modified Cu(111)

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B517154G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
02 Dec 2005
Accepted
24 Jan 2006
First published
07 Feb 2006

Chem. Commun., 2006, 1283-1285

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Sulfur, normally a poison, strongly promotes chemoselective catalytic hydrogenation: stereochemistry and reactivity of crotonaldehyde on clean and S-modified Cu(111)

M. E. Chiu, G. Kyriakou, F. J. Williams, D. J. Watson, M. S. Tikhov and R. M. Lambert, Chem. Commun., 2006, 1283 DOI: 10.1039/B517154G

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