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Complexes of ruthenium and rhodium with aliphatic amines in the catalysis of hydrogenation of unsaturated hydrocarbons

Journal Article · · Kinet. Catal. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:5831079

The authors synthesized new catalysts highly active in the hydrogenations of unsaturated hydrocarbons, based on complexes of ruthenium and rhodium with higher aliphatic amines, which are soluble in aromatic solvents. The complexes acquired catalytic activity in hydrogenation as a result of their treatment with diisobutyl aluminum hydride. Olefins (1-hexene, cyclopentene, cyclohexene) or dienes (isoprene) were used as the unsaturated compounds. For the ruthenium based catalysts, the highest activity was observed during the hydrogenation of 1-hexene. For the rhodium-based catalysts, the activity in the hydrogenation of olefins and dienes was approximately the same. In the case of the rhodium complex catalysts, the hydrogenation of 1-hexene was accompanied by a side-reaction consisting in isomerization into olefins with inner double bonds.

Research Organization:
A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Moscow (USSR)
OSTI ID:
5831079
Journal Information:
Kinet. Catal. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Kinet. Catal. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 29:4; ISSN KICAA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English