Catalytic benzene coupling on caesium/nanoporous carbon catalysts

Abstract

Caesium/nanoporous carbon materials have a very high affinity for hydrogen, breaking the extremely energetic C–H bond in benzene and promoting its condensation to biphenyl, opening a new class of chemical reactions to heterogeneous catalysis.

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