A quantitative and highly selective hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,2-propanediol was achieved under mild conditions over bifunctional Ru/WO x catalysts.

Catalytic hydrogenolysis of Z-Gly-NH2 and Z-Ala-NH2 resulted in the corresponding free amides and carbamate salts. This observation is a further experimental proof that carbamic acid derivatives are intermediates of hydrogenolytic removal of carbobenzoxy group under neutral conditions. The ratio of the formation of the two compounds is dependent on the solvent, concentration and chemical struct...

A novel sonication-promoted Barbier reaction putatively generated the titled species from the corresponding naphthotriazinylmethyl chloride and magnesium in THF: its formal addition to a variety of carbonyl compounds in situ occurred in excellent yields. Subsequent catalytic hydrogenolysis of the triazine moiety demasked the amine, thus de®ning a route to various phenylethylamines (including th...

The interaction of a de novo synthesised ester with single crystal metal surfaces has been investigated as a model system for the heterogeneous hydrogenolysis of esters. Scanning tunnelling microscopy measurements show dissociative adsorption at room temperature on Cu(110) but no significant reaction on Au(111). The dissociative pathway has been identified by comparing with possible fragment sp...

The effect of copper on various acid saponite supported Ni–Cu bimetallic catalysts, prepared with different Ni : Cu ratios, has been investigated for the liquid phase hydrogenolysis glycidol.