H. Bonnemann et al., SURFACTANT STABILIZED PALLADIUM COLLOIDS AS PRECURSORS FOR CIS-SELECTIVE ALKYNE-HYDROGENATION CATALYSTS, Applied organometallic chemistry, 11(10-11), 1997, pp. 783-796
The performance of heterogeneous catalysts based on surfactant-stabili
zed palladium colloids is compared with conventional Pd/C and Lindlar
catalysts in the partial hydrogenation of 3-hexyn-1-ol under optimized
reaction conditions, The selectivity can be influenced by the protect
ive shell as well as by the support and various promoters. The zwitter
ionic surfactant sulfobetaine-12 (N,N-dimethyl-dodecylammoniopropanesu
lfonate) appears to be best suited as a protective shell for highly se
lective palladium-colloid catalysts under the surfactants tested. The
preferred support is CaCO3: the Pd(SB12) colloids supported on CaCO3 s
how the highest selectivities and activities of all tested catalysts.
The best selectivity (98.1%) towards the desired cis-3-hexen-1-ol (lea
f alcohol) is obtained with a lead-promoted palladium colloid supporte
d on CaCO3, This catalyst is slightly (0.5%) better in selectivity and
twice as active as a conventional Lindlar catalyst. (C) 1997 John Wil
ey & Sons, Ltd.