Y. Kashiwagi et al., Electrocatalytic hydrogenation of olefins using palladium metal microparticles deposited on viologen film-coated graphite felt, ELECTROCH, 68(1), 2000, pp. 42-45
Palladium (Pd) metal microparticles were deposited in a viologen-containing
polymer layer on the surface of a graphite felt electrode. The Pd-deposite
d electrode is effective for the electrocatalytic hydrogenation of the carb
on-carbon double bond part of alkyl olefins (1-hexene, 1-decene, cis-2-pene
tene), conjugated enones (2-cyclohexene-1-one, 4-isopropyl-2-cyclohexene-1-
one, 3,5,5-trimetyl-2-cyclohexene-1-one), styrene, and trans-stilbene with
100 % selectivity.