Hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis. XVII. The selectivities of platinum group metals in catalytic hydrogenation of 2-naphthol and tetrahydro-2-naphthols.

S Nishimura, S Ohbuchi, K Ikeno, Y Okada

Index: Nishimura; Ohbuchi; Ikeno; Okada Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1984 , vol. 57, # 9 p. 2557 - 2564

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Abstract

Catalytic hydrogenation of 2-naphthol (NL) with the six platinum metals has been studied in t- BuOH at 80° C and 4–5 MPa H 2 pressure. Selectivities for formation of 1, 2, 3,-and 5, 6, 7, 8- tetrahydro-2-naphthols (ac-and ar-TLs) have been determined by application of a kinetic equation. ar-TL was formed more predominantly than ac-TL over all the metals. The hydrogenation of ac-and ar-TLs has also been studied under the same conditions for ...