Issue 37, 2008
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Chemical Communications

Microwave effect on the surface composition of the Urushibara Ni hydrogenation catalyst and improved reduction of acetophenone†

Satoshi Horikoshi,*ab   Junichi Tsuzuki,a   Futoshi Sakai,a   Masatsugu Kajitania  and  Nick Serpone*c  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, 7-1 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Japan

b Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda-shi, Japan
E-mail: horikosi@rs.noda.tus.ac.jp

c Dipartimento di Chimica Organica, Universita di Pavia, Via Taramelli 10, Italy
E-mail: nick.serpone@unipv.it

Abstract

The Urushibara Ni (U-Ni) hydrogenation catalyst and some modified forms, and for comparison Raney-Ni, were subjected to conventional (oil bath) and MW heating, and subsequently characterized by electron dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX), by BET surface area, and by scanning electron microscopy (SEM); yields of the catalyzed hydrogenation of acetophenone to 1-phenylethanol in 2-propanol by one of the modified forms (U-Ni-B) were greatly improved (from 68% to 95%).

Graphical abstract: Microwave effect on the surface composition of the Urushibara Ni hydrogenation catalyst and improved reduction of acetophenone

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B808188C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
14 May 2008
Accepted
24 Jun 2008
First published
04 Aug 2008

Chem. Commun., 2008, 4501-4503

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Microwave effect on the surface composition of the Urushibara Ni hydrogenation catalyst and improved reduction of acetophenone

S. Horikoshi, J. Tsuzuki, F. Sakai, M. Kajitani and N. Serpone, Chem. Commun., 2008, 4501 DOI: 10.1039/B808188C

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