2024
Dehydrogenation and Transfer Hydrogenation of Alkenones to Phenols and Ketones on Carbon-Supported Noble Metals
Li K, Kelly H, Franco A, Batista V, Baráth E. Dehydrogenation and Transfer Hydrogenation of Alkenones to Phenols and Ketones on Carbon-Supported Noble Metals. ACS Catalysis 2024, 14: 2883-2896. PMID: 38449532, PMCID: PMC10913045, DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c04849.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchKeto-enol tautomerismCatalytic materialsPresence of hydrogen donorsSelection of catalytic materialsSaturated cyclic ketonesM-O bondsNoble metal catalystsBond distance changesAromatic compoundsEntropy of activationBalance of enthalpyTransfer hydrogenationCyclic ketonesMetal catalystsCatalytic dehydrogenationDienolate intermediateDehydrogenation reactionM-OCyclic alcoholsNoble metalsCatalytic activityHydrogen donorBinding orientationEnonesTautomerism
2021
Selective Heterogeneous Transfer Hydrogenation from Tertiary Amines to Alkynes
Roeder G, Kelly H, Yang G, Bauer T, Haller G, Batista V, Baráth E. Selective Heterogeneous Transfer Hydrogenation from Tertiary Amines to Alkynes. ACS Catalysis 2021, 11: 5405-5415. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c05186.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPt/CPd/CTertiary aminesHydrogenation mechanismDensity functional theory calculationsTransfer hydrogenation reactionHydrogen transfer reactionsNoble metal surfacesFunctional theory calculationsTransfer hydrogenation mechanismHigh rate constantsAmine partnersHydrogenation reactionsTransfer hydrogenationCis selectivityNoble metalsH-donorN-diisopropylethylamineTransfer reactionsSurface coverageTheory calculationsAlkynesMetal surfaceSubstituted alkanesInert conditions