title: Hydrogenation of sulfoxides to sulfides under mild conditions using ruthenium nanoparticle catalysts.
abstract: The first demonstration of the hydrogenation of sulfoxides under atmospheric H2 pressure is reported. The highly efficient reaction is facilitated by a heterogeneous Ru nanoparticle catalyst. The mild reaction conditions enable the selective hydrogenation of a wide range of functionalized sulfoxides to the corresponding sulfides. The high redox ability of RuO(x) nanoparticles plays a key role in the hydrogenation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531 (Japan).
authors.forename: Takato
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mitsudome
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Tomoo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mizugaki
authors.forename: Koichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jitsukawa
authors.forename: Kiyotomi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaneda
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D006865:Hydrogenation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D053758:Nanoparticles; D012428:Ruthenium / Q000737:chemistry*; D013440:Sulfides / Q000737:chemistry*; D013454:Sulfoxides / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D013440:Sulfides; D013454:Sulfoxides; D012428:Ruthenium
keywords: heterogeneous catalyst; hydrogenation; nanoparticles; ruthenium; sulfoxides