Recent Progress of Hydrogenation and Hydrogenolysis Catalysts Derived from Layered Double Hydroxides

Layered double hydroxides (LDHs), also known as hydrotalcite-like compounds, are widely used in many fields due to their unique structural advantages. Based on LDHs, a wide range of metal catalysts could be synthesized with high dispersion, tunable acid-base properties, facile but flexible preparation methods, strong metal-support interaction, and thermal stability. Owing these outstanding advantages, LDH-derived materials manifest great potential catalysts, particularly hydrogenation hydrogenolysis reactions. More than 200 papers published the past five years this field clearly indicated rapid development materials. In respect, it is imperative essential provide timely review summarize current progress motivate greater research effort derived from LDHs. review, applications heterogeneous various reactions were comprehensively discussed. Hydrogenation unsaturated chemical bonds, hydrodeoxygenation oxygenated carbon–carbon bonds nitrites nitriles described. This demonstrates extraordinary potentials reactions, undoubted that will play an even more significant role foreseeable future.