At the frontier between heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis: hydrogenation of olefins and alkynes with soluble iron nanoparticles

C Rangheard, C de Julián Fernández, PH Phua…

Index: Rangheard, Claudine; De Julian Fernandez, Cesar; Phua, Pim-Huat; Hoorn, Johan; Lefort, Laurent; De Vries, Johannes G. Dalton Transactions, 2010 , vol. 39, # 36 p. 8464 - 8471

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Abstract

The use of non-supported Fe nanoparticles in the hydrogenation of unsaturated C–C bonds is a green catalytic concept at the frontier between homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis. Iron nanoparticles can be obtained by reducing Fe salts with strong reductants in various solvents. FeCl3 reduced by 3 equivalents of EtMgCl forms an active catalyst for the hydrogenation of a range of olefins and alkynes. Olefin hydrogenation is relatively fast at 5 ...