Freezing copper as a noble metal–like catalyst for preliminary hydrogenation

• Published in: Science advances Vol. 4; no. 12; p. eaau3275
• Main Authors: Sun, Jian, Yu, Jiafeng, Ma, Qingxiang, Meng, Fanqiong, Wei, Xiaoxuan, Sun, Yannan, Tsubaki, Noritatsu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Association for the Advancement of Science 01.12.2018
• Subjects: Chemical Physics; Chemistry; SciAdv r-articles

Copper is “frozen” into a metallic state as a noble metal–like catalyst for controlling the product in a chemical reaction. The control of product distribution in a multistep catalytic selective hydrogenation reaction is challenging. For instance, the deep hydrogenation of dimethyl oxalate (DMO) is...