Thermocatalytic and photocatalytic chemoselective reduction of cinnamaldehyde to cinnamyl alcohol and hydrocinnamaldehyde over Ru@ZnO/CN
Arzoo Chauhan, Rajat Ghalta, Rajaram Bal, Rajendra Srivastava
Abstract
Ru-decorated ZnO/CN nanocomposite enables chemoselective reduction of cinnamaldehyde to cinnamyl alcohol using formic acid and photocatalytic reduction to hydrocinnamaldehyde with H 2 .
Topics & Concepts
CinnamaldehydeCinnamyl alcoholFormic acidPhotocatalysisAlcoholChemistryReduction (mathematics)Organic chemistryCatalysisMathematicsGeometryNanomaterials for catalytic reactionsMulticomponent Synthesis of HeterocyclesCatalysis for Biomass Conversion