Discovery that quinoline and triphenylphosphine alter the electronic properties of hydrogenation catalysts

Abstract

Quinoline and triphenylphosphine are found to influence the polarisation of the palladium–hydrogen bond in heterogeneous hydrogenation; this provides a possible explanation for why the addition of these compounds increases the selectivity of the semi- reduction of alkynes.

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