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Aqueous-Phase Hydrogenation of Acetic Acid over Transition Metal Catalysts
Article first published online: 9 NOV 2010
DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201000134
Copyright © 2010 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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How to Cite
Olcay, H., Xu, L., Xu, Y. and Huber, G. W. (2010), Aqueous-Phase Hydrogenation of Acetic Acid over Transition Metal Catalysts. ChemCatChem, 2: 1420–1424. doi: 10.1002/cctc.201000134
Publication History
- Issue published online: 9 NOV 2010
- Article first published online: 9 NOV 2010
- Manuscript Received: 24 APR 2010
Funded by
- ACS
- Scientific User Facilities Division
- NERSC
- NCCS
- ORNL
Keywords:
- acetic acid;
- aqueous phase hydrogenation;
- density functional calculations;
- ethanol;
- heterogeneous catalysis
Vision in scission: Catalytic hydrogenation of acetic acid to ethanol has been carried out in aqueous phase on several metals, with ruthenium being the most active and selective. DFT calculations suggest that the initial C![[BOND]](http://onlinelibrarystatic.wiley.com/undisplayable_characters/00f8ff.gif)
O bond scission yielding acetyl is the key step and that the intrinsic reactivity of the metals accounts for the observed activity.