Using plant tannin as natural amphiphilic stabilizer to construct an aqueous–organic biphasic system for highly active and selective hydrogenation of quinoline

• Main Authors: Mao, Hui, Ma, Jun, Liao, Yang, Zhao, Shilin, Liao, Xuepin
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/102284; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/16811
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Black wattle tannin (BWT), a typical natural plant polyphenol, was used as natural amphiphilic stabilizer to prepare BWT-stabilized Pd nanoparticles (BWT-Pd) catalyst. The as-prepared catalyst was found to be highly active in aqueous–organic biphasic hydrogenation of quinoline, which exhibited 100%...