Rhodium nanoparticles supported on carbon nanofibers as an arene hydrogenation catalyst highly tolerant to a coexisting epoxido group.
Rhodium nanoparticles supported on a carbon nanofiber (Rh/CNF-T) show high catalytic activity toward arene hydrogenation under mild conditions in high turnover numbers without leaching the Rh species; the reaction is highly tolerant to epoxido groups, which often undergo ring-opening hydrogenation with conventional catalysts.
Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan. motoyama@cm.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Yukihiro
Y
Motoyama
Mikihiro
M
Takasaki
Seong-Ho
SH
Yoon
Isao
I
Mochida
Hideo
H
Nagashima