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Synthesis 1996; 1996(5): 597-599
DOI: 10.1055/s-1996-4272
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An Excellent Nickel Boride Catalyst for the Selective Hydrogenation of Olefins

Jaesung Choi, Nung Min Yoon*
  • *Department of Chemistry, Sogang University, Seoul 121-742, South Korea, Fax +82(2)7010967
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31 December 2000 (online)

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Nickel boride prepared on borohydride exchange resin (BER) in methanol is an excellent catalyst for the selective hydrogenation of olefins. Thus, monosubstituted olefins and norbornene were hydrogenated quantitatively at 0°C in 1 hour in the presence of disubstituted olefins and trisubstituted α,β-unsaturated acid derivatives, the disubstituted olefins in turn were hydrogenated at 65°C in 1 hour without affecting trisubstituted olefins, benzene, and heteroaromatic compounds

Nickel boride on BER is an excellent catalyst for the selective hydrogenation of olefins.

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