2017-Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit
SIPS 2017 Volume 7. Recycling, Secondary Batteries and Environmental Protection

Editors:Kongoli F, Aifantis K, Kumar V, Pagnanelli F, Kozlov P, Xueyi G
Publisher:Flogen Star OUTREACH
Publication Year:2017
Pages:205 pages
ISBN:978-1-987820-73-7
ISSN:2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series)
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    Water/Iron Powder as a Hydrogen Source in Olefin Hydrogenation

    Rajendra Patil1; Yoel Sasson2;
    1SANDIP UNIVERSITY, NASHIK, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA, Nashik, India; 2HEBREW UNIVERSITY, JERUSALEM, ISRAEL, Jerusalem, Israel;
    Type of Paper: Regular
    Id Paper: 235
    Topic: 7

    Abstract:

    The hydrogenation of unsaturated compounds is a key technology in the chemical industry. The efficient catalytic reduction of water for generation of hydrogen is one of the most challenging transformations in chemistry.
    We continuously investigated the potential application of iron (commercial iron powder) to activate water as a terminal hydrogen source without any stoichiometric acid or base. Here in we are pleased to disclose the external-pressure-free and mild reaction protocol for reduction of alkenes using a cheap, non-hazardous, abundant, and eco-friendly ¡°water/iron¡± pair as a hydrogen donor in the presence of a Pd/C catalyst (2.5 mol % w.r.t. substrate).
    Pd/C-catalyzed hydrogenation of olefins by using water as a hydrogen source in the presence of iron powder gave the corresponding reduction products in ¡Ü 96% yield (GC Yield). The formation of Fe3O4 as a byproduct was confirmed by XRD analysis.

    Keywords:

    Iron;

    Cite this article as:

    Patil R and Sasson Y. (2017). Water/Iron Powder as a Hydrogen Source in Olefin Hydrogenation. In Kongoli F, Aifantis K, Kumar V, Pagnanelli F, Kozlov P, Xueyi G (Eds.), Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit SIPS 2017 Volume 7. Recycling, Secondary Batteries and Environmental Protection (pp. 131-132). Montreal, Canada: FLOGEN Star Outreach