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Selective Hydrogenation of Nitroarenes by Single-Atom Pt Catalyst Through Hydrogen Transfer Reaction

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Hydrogen transfer reaction is one of the valuable and potential solutions for selective hydrogenation. We report here that single-atom Pt supported by CeO2 could effectively catalyze the selective hydrogenation of nitroaromatics to corresponding amine through hydrogen transfer reaction.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (22102210).

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  1. School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, Jiangsu, China

    Tianbo Li

  2. State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China

    Xunzhu Jian & Botao Qiao

  3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Xunzhu Jian

  4. Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China

    Qike Jiang

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Li, T., Jian, X., Jiang, Q. et al. Selective Hydrogenation of Nitroarenes by Single-Atom Pt Catalyst Through Hydrogen Transfer Reaction. Top Catal 65, 1604–1608 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-022-01566-w

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