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

doi:10.1039/b809012b

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

Chem Commun (Camb). 2008 Oct 21:(39):4804-6. doi: 10.1039/b809012b. Epub 2008 Aug 12.

Authors

Takato Mitsudome¹, Yusuke Mikami, Kaori Ebata, Tomoo Mizugaki, Koichiro Jitsukawa, Kiyotomi Kaneda

Affiliation

¹ Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan.

PMID: 18830499
DOI: 10.1039/b809012b

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.

MeSH terms

Alcohols / chemistry*
Aldehydes / chemical synthesis*
Aldehydes / chemistry
Aluminum Hydroxide / chemistry*
Catalysis
Copper / chemistry*
Hydrogenation
Ketones / chemical synthesis*
Ketones / chemistry
Magnesium Hydroxide / chemistry*
Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry*
Molecular Structure
Oxidation-Reduction
Surface Properties

Substances

Alcohols
Aldehydes
Ketones
hydrotalcite
Aluminum Hydroxide
Copper
Magnesium Hydroxide