Issue 83, 2022

Highly selective hydrogenation of dimethyl oxalate to methyl glycolate and ethylene glycol over an amino-assisted Ru-based catalyst

Abstract

A Ru/NH2-MCM-41 catalyst was prepared via a coordination-assisted strategy for chemoselective hydrogenation of dimethyl oxalate with a high selectivity of methyl glycolate (ca. 100%) and ethylene glycol (>90%) at reaction temperatures of 343 K and 433 K, respectively. The amino groups help to anchor and form stable electron-rich Ru active sites, which accounts for the excellent C[double bond, length as m-dash]O bond activation and hydrogenation selectivity.

Graphical abstract: Highly selective hydrogenation of dimethyl oxalate to methyl glycolate and ethylene glycol over an amino-assisted Ru-based catalyst

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
16 jún 2022
Accepted
20 sep 2022
First published
20 sep 2022

Chem. Commun., 2022,58, 11657-11660

Highly selective hydrogenation of dimethyl oxalate to methyl glycolate and ethylene glycol over an amino-assisted Ru-based catalyst

L. Song, Y. He, C. Zhou, G. Shu, K. Ma and H. Yue, Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 11657 DOI: 10.1039/D2CC03346A

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements