Surface-supported group 5 metal organometallic compounds for catalytic arene hydrogenation
Abstract
The Group 5 metal alkylidyne bridged compounds [(Me3SiCH2)2M(µ-CSiMe3)2M(CH2SiMe3)2](M = Nb, Ta) supported on silica will catalyse the exhaustive hydrogenation of a variety of aromatic substrates.