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Highly selective and efficient hydrogenation of carboxylic acids to alcohols using titania supported Pt catalysts

  • Haresh G. Manyar
  • , Cristina Paun
  • , Rashidah Pilus
  • , David W. Rooney
  • , Jillian M. Thompson
  • , Christopher Hardacre*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
    • Queen's University Belfast
    • Universiti Teknologi Petronas

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    Abstract

    Selective hydrogenation of carboxylic acids to alcohols and alkanes has been achieved under remarkably mild reaction temperatures and H2 pressures (333 K, 0.5 MPa) using Pt/TiO2 catalyst.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)6279-6281
    Number of pages3
    JournalChemical Communications
    Volume46
    Issue number34
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 14 Sept 2010

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