Journal of Catalysis

Structure-selectivity relationship in the chemoselective hydrogenation of unsaturated nitriles

P Kukula, K Koprivova

Index: Kukula, Pavel; Koprivova, Klara Journal of Catalysis, 2005 , vol. 234, # 1 p. 161 - 171

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Abstract

Several unsaturated nitriles of various structures (cinnamonitrile, cyclohex-1-enyl- acetonitrile, acrylonitrile, 3, 3-dimethyl-acrylonitrile, geranylnitrile, and 2-and 3- pentenenitrile) with different substituents at the double bond were hydrogenated over Cr- doped Raney cobalt and nickel and over their undoped equivalents. The substitution and the position of the double bond relative to the nitrile group are crucial in determining the ...