Highly efficient and selective aqueous phase hydrogenation of aryl ketones, aldehydes, furfural and levulinic acid and its ethyl ester catalyzed by phosphine oxide-decorated polymer immobilized ionic liquid-stabilized ruthenium nanoparticles
Simon Doherty, Julian G. Knight, Tom Backhouse, Tina S. T. Tran, Richard Paterson, Fredrik Ståhl, Hussam Y. Alharbi, Thomas W. Chamberlain, Richard A. Bourne, Rebecca Stones, A P Griffiths, J. P. White, Zabeada Aslam, C. Hardare, Helen Daly, Jack Hart, Robert H. Temperton, James N. O’Shea, Nicholas H. Rees
Abstract
Phosphine oxide-decorated polymer immobilized ionic liquid stabilized RuNPs catalyse the hydrogenation of aryl ketones with remarkable selectivity for the CO bond, complete hydrogenation to the cyclohexylalcohol and hydrogenation of levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone.
Topics & Concepts
FurfuralLevulinic acidIonic liquidCatalysisChemistryRutheniumArylPhosphine oxideSelectivityNoyori asymmetric hydrogenationPhosphineOrganic chemistryAqueous two-phase systemOxideAqueous solutionAlkylCatalysis for Biomass ConversionAsymmetric Hydrogenation and CatalysisNanomaterials for catalytic reactions