Organometallics

Activation and desulfurization of thiophene and benzothiophene by iron carbonyls

…, M Draganjac, TB Rauchfuss, SR Wilson

Index: Ogilvy; Draganjac; Rauchfuss; Wilson 1988 , vol. 7, # 5 p. 1171 - 1177

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Citation Number: 111

Abstract

The interaction of thiophenes with transition metals is of technological importance and scientific interest for three reasons. First, the poisoning of metal catalysts by organic sulfur compounds, commonly thiophenes, is a major problem in the petroleum industry. l Second, the desulfurization of thiophenes and sulfides is the objective of catalytic hydrodesulfurization (HDS), one of the largest industrial applications of transition-metal ...