Selectivity of the Lindlar catalyst in alkyne semi-hydrogenation: a direct liquid-phase adsorption study
Nikolay Cherkasov, Dmitry Yu. Murzin, C. Richard A. Catlow, Arunabhiram Chutia
Abstract
Pd catalysts contain active sites that strongly adsorb alkyne and alkene molecules. The presence of the latter, alkene sites, defines the low semi-hydrogenation selectivity.
Topics & Concepts
AlkeneAlkyneSelectivityCatalysisChemistryAdsorptionHydrocarbonPhase (matter)Liquid phasePhotochemistryOrganic chemistryPhysicsThermodynamicsCatalysis for Biomass ConversionCatalysis and Hydrodesulfurization StudiesAsymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis