Fast room-temperature hydrogenation of nitroaromatics on Pd nanocrystal-boron cluster/graphene oxide nanosheets

Selective hydrogenation of nitroaromatics by ceria nanorods.

Ceria (CeO2) nanorods with well-defined surface planes can be synthesized and utilized for the hydrogenation of nitroaromatics. The CeO2 nanorods containing a {110} plane can efficiently and selectively catalyse the hydrogenation of nitroaromatics with N2H4 as a reducing agent, while nano-ceria with a {100} or {111} plane shows poor performance for the reaction.

Reduced graphene oxide as a catalyst for hydrogenation of nitrobenzene at room temperature.

Reduced graphene oxide was used as a catalyst for reduction of nitrobenzene at room temperature. High catalytic activity and stability were exhibited in circular experiments. The catalytic procedure was in situ monitored by NMR and N-phenylhydroxylamine was proved to be the intermediate in this catalytic reaction.

Room temperature sintering of polar ZnO nanosheets: II-mechanism.

In a previous work by the authors (A. Fernández-Pérez el al., Room temperature sintering of polar ZnO nanosheets: I-evidence, 2017, DOI: 10.1039/C7CP02306E), polar ZnO nanosheets were stored at room temperature under different atmospheres and the evolution of their textural and crystal properties during storage was followed. It was found that the specific surface area of the nanosheets drastica...

Aqueous room-temperature gold-catalyzed chemoselective transfer hydrogenation of aldehydes.

Reduction of aldehydes to the corresponding alcohols is one of the most fundamental and useful reactions that are important in the pharmaceutical and chemical industry. Among the various available reduction protocols for the synthesis of valuable hydroxy compounds, catalytic transfer hydrogenation (TH) has emerged as the most viable, mainly due to the non-involvement of highly flammable and exp...

Effect of hydrogenation on room-temperature 1.54 μm Er3+ photoluminescent properties of erbium-doped silicon-rich silicon oxide