Effect of the Crystallographic Phase of Ruthenium Nanosponges on Arene and Substituted-Arene Hydrogenation Activity

Ghosh, Sourav and Jagirdar, Balaji R (2018) Effect of the Crystallographic Phase of Ruthenium Nanosponges on Arene and Substituted-Arene Hydrogenation Activity. In: CHEMCATCHEM, 10 (14). pp. 3086-3095.

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Abstract

Identifying crystal structure sensitivity of a catalyst for a particular reaction is an important issue in heterogeneous catalysis. In this context, the activity of different phases of ruthenium catalysts for benzene hydrogenation has not yet been investigated. The synthesis of hcp and fcc phases of ruthenium nanosponges by chemical reduction method has been described. Reduction of ruthenium chloride using ammonia borane (AB) and tert-butylamine borane (TBAB) as reducing agents gave ruthenium nanosponge in its hcp phase. On the other hand, reduction using sodium borohydride (SB) afforded ruthenium nanosponge in its fcc phase. The as prepared hcp ruthenium nanosponge was found to be catalytically more active compared to the as prepared fcc ruthenium nanosponge for hydrogenation of benzene. The hcp ruthenium nanosponge was found to be thermally stable and recyclable over several cycles. This self-supported hcp ruthenium nanosponge shows excellent catalytic activity towards hydrogenation of various substituted benzenes. Moreover, the ruthenium nanosponge catalyst was found to bring about selective hydrogenation of aromatic cores of phenols and aryl ethers to the respective alicyclic products without hydrogenolysis of the C-O bond.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	CHEMCATCHEM
Publisher:	WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, POSTFACH 101161, 69451 WEINHEIM, GERMANY
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belong to WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, POSTFACH 101161, 69451 WEINHEIM, GERMANY
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Inorganic & Physical Chemistry
Date Deposited:	09 Aug 2018 15:40
Last Modified:	09 Aug 2018 15:40
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/60382

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