The promoting effect of a dicyanamide based ionic liquid in the selective hydrogenation of citral

Jürgen Arras, Martin Steffan, Yalda Shayeghi, Peter Claus

Chemical Communications · 2008 · 70 citations · 19 references

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Abstract

Conventional supported heterogeneous palladium catalysts in combination with a dicyanamide based ionic liquid are highly active with excellent selectivity in enabling the one-pot synthesis of citronellal through citral hydrogenation.

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