Selective hydrogenation of amides to alcohols in water solvent over a heterogeneous CeO2-supported Ru catalyst†
Abstract
CeO2-supported Ru (Ru/CeO2) worked as an effective and reusable heterogeneous catalyst for the selective dissociation of the C–N bond in amides, particularly primary amides, with H2 in water solvent at low reaction temperature of 333 K, and high yields of the corresponding alcohols were obtained from primary amides.