Selective hydrogenation of phenol to cyclohexanone by SiO2-supported rhodium nanoparticles under mild conditions

• Main Authors: Zhang, Hongwei, Han, Aijuan, Okumura, Kazu, Zhong, Lixiang, Li, Shuzhou, Jaenicke, Stephan, Chuah, Gaik-Khuan
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Rhodium; Phenol Hydrogenation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/142607
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A silica-supported rhodium catalyst for the selective hydrogenation of phenol to cyclohexanone under mild conditions has been developed. As the Rh concentration on the catalyst increased from 0.5 to 15 wt%, the conversion (at phenol/Rh mole ratio 100/1) dropped whereas the initial selectivity to cyc...