Copper nanoparticles on hydrotalcite as a heterogeneous catalyst for oxidant-free dehydrogenation of alcohols

Takato Mitsudome, Yusuke Mikami, Kaori Ebata, Tomoo Mizugaki, Koichiro Jitsukawa, Kiyotomi Kaneda

Chemical Communications · 2008 · 199 citations · 26 references

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Abstract

We have developed a highly efficient heterogeneous catalytic system using hydrotalcite-supported Cu nanoparticles (Cu/HT) that can successfully promote the oxidant-free dehydrogenation of various alcohols under liquid-phase conditions.

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