Use of colloidal ruthenium particles in the electrochemical reduction of benzene by solvated electrons |
| |
Authors: | J Foise R Kershaw K Dwight A Wold |
| |
Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry, Brown University Providence, Rhode Island 02912 USA |
| |
Abstract: | Ruthenium colloidal particles prepared by the decomposition of a ruthenium acid sulfite complex increased the electrochemical reduction of benzene from 45% to 60% at room temperature and 10 psig of hydrogen. The reduction was carried out in a 21 mole % ethanol - 79 mole % hexamethylphosporamide. The significant increase in the percent of benzene reduced was accompanied by an apparent current efficiency of 98%. Comparison with analogous experiments employing colloidal platinum particles indicates that the above increase in benzene reduction can be attributed to direct catalytic hydrogenation by the ruthenium. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 ScienceDirect 等数据库收录! |