Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
1997, 62, 1497-1502
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19971497
Competitive Hydrogenation of Unsaturated Hydrocarbons by Hydrogen Transfer from Ammonium Formateon a Palladium Catalyst
Zuzana Dobrovolná and Libor Červený
Department of Organic Technology, Prague Institute of Chemical Technology, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic
Abstract
Competitive hydrogenation of alkenes (cyclohexene, hex-1-ene, hept-1-ene, oct-1-ene) and dienes (octa-1,7-diene, cyclohexa-1,3-diene) was carried out by catalytic hydrogen transfer from ammonium formate on palladium in methanol. The adsorptivity and reactivity of the hydrocarbons decreased in the series: cyclic diene > linear diene > linear 1-alkene > cyclic alkene.
Keywords: Alkene hydrogenation; Ammonium formate; Transfer hydrogenation.
