Heterolytic Activation of Hydrogen Promoted by Ruthenium Nanoparticleson Poly(vinylpyridine) and Hydrogenation of Aromatic Compounds

Roberto A. Sánchez-Delgado, Chemistry DepartmentBrooklyn College, The City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY 11210

New catalysts composed of Ru nanoparticles on poly(4-vinylpyridine) were synthesized and characterized by use of Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM).

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The new materials efficiently catalyze the hydrogenation of aromaticand heteroaromatic compounds representative of fuel components

Our next goal is to establish theimportance of heterolytic H2

activation in the catalytic mechanism