Electron-Poor Phosphines Enable the Selective Semihydrogenation Reaction of Alkynes with Pd on Carbon Catalysts

[EN] An alternative to the Lindlar catalyst for the semihydrogenation reaction of alkynes to alkenes is of high interest. Here we show that palladium on carbon (Pd/C), i.e., a widely available supported Pd catalyst, is converted from an unselective to a chemoselective catalyst during the semihydroge...

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Autores: Ballesteros-Soberanas, Jordi, Leyva Perez, Antonio|||0000-0003-1063-5811
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/212765
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/212765
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Electron-poor phosphines
Semihydrogenation reaction
Alkynes
Carbon catalysts
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Sumario:[EN] An alternative to the Lindlar catalyst for the semihydrogenation reaction of alkynes to alkenes is of high interest. Here we show that palladium on carbon (Pd/C), i.e., a widely available supported Pd catalyst, is converted from an unselective to a chemoselective catalyst during the semihydrogenation reaction of alkynes, after the addition of catalytic amounts of commercially available electron-poor phosphines. The catalytic activity is <= 7 times greater, and the selectivity is comparable to that of the industrial benchmark Lindlar catalyst.