ACTIVITY OF RUTHENIUM HYDROGENATION CATALYSTS IN COPPER(II) FORMATE DECOMPOSITION

Charcoal-, silica-, alumina- and titanium(IV) oxide-supported rutheniu m catalysts, prepared by conventional impregnation and incipient wetne ss methods from a ruthenium(III) oxide precursor were tested in copper (II) formate decomposition in aqueous solution. Such a reaction was fo und to be an efficient and simple activity test of charcoal-supported catalysts. The application of this reaction for a bimetallic ruthenium copper catalyst preparation was also suggested. Experimental results were compared with those obtained using commercial catalysts and ruthe nium black.