Chemistry Letters

Versatile Polymer-Bound Rhodium Catalysts. Facile Hydrogenation of Aromatic Compounds in the Liquid Phase

T Okano, K Tsukiyama, H Konishi, J Kiji

Index: Okano, Tamon; Tsukiyama, Katsunori; Konishi, Hisatoshi; Kiji, Jitsuo Chemistry Letters, 1982 , p. 603 - 606

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Abstract

Immobilized complexes prepared from [RhCl (nbd)] 2 (nbd= norbornadiene) and phosphinated polydiacetylene or silica are efficient catalysts for the hydrogenation of arenes under mild conditions. However, the homologous catalyst supported on a phosphinated polystyrene is not active.