Here we report that graphene (a single layer of one-atom-thick carbon atoms) can replace metals for hydrogenation of carbon–carbon multiple bonds. Besides alkene hydrogenation, we have shown ...

Here, we describe a general approach to the hydrogenation of alkynes to cis-alkenes under mild conditions using the unique ansa-aminohydroborane as a catalyst. Our approach combines several ...

This quickly grabs the alkene, which reacts to produce the reduced alkane. But under the blue light of a kessil lamp, a CO ligand jumps ship, transforming the 18-electron, bench-stable catalyst ...

The process enables the hydrogenation of alkenes, hydrocarbons that contain a carbon-carbon double bond, in a simpler and more environmentally friendly way. The work by Rice chemist Julian West ...

One of the primary benefits of this configuration is that the high hydrogen gas pressure needed for iron-catalyzed hydrogenation is localized into a small, heated compartment packed with ...

A tunable balance between the adsorption energetics of alkenes at the surface of bare and capped nanoparticles defines the selectivity of the nanocatalyst for alkene in alkyne hydrogenation ...

This process requires a catalyst that preferentially binds and hydrogenates alkynes but shuns alkenes, sparing double-bonded carbons from further hydrogenation into unwanted alkanes. One option is ...

Hydrogenation is also important for the refining of petroleum products, including converting alkenes like ethylene into alkanes to make cleaner-burning fuels such as propane and butane.

The study, “Cooperative roles of water and metal-support interfaces in the selective hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde ... hydrogenation of carbonyl over alkene bonds. Utilizing cobalt and cobalt ...

An article based on the study, "Isolated, Well-Defined Organovanadium(III) on Silica: Single-Site Catalyst for Hydrogenation of Alkenes and Alkynes," appeared online in Chemical Communications on ...