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Selective liquid phase hydrogenation of citral on Au/Fe2O3 catalysts
C Milone1, M L Tropeano, G Gulino
1Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale e Ingegneria dei Materiali, Salita Sperone 31, 98166 Messina, Italia.
Abstract:
Gold supported on iron oxide hydrogenates citral (an alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehyde) to the corresponding alpha,beta-unsaturated alcohols (geraniol and nerol) with a selectivity higher than 95%.