Highly efficient and selective aqueous phase hydrogenation of aryl ketones, aldehydes, furfural and levulinic acid and its ethyl ester catalyzed by phosphine oxide-decorated polymer immobilized ionic liquid-stabilized ruthenium nanoparticles

• DOI: 10.1039/d2cy00205a
• Publication Date: 2022-04-07T08:41:10Z
• Authors: S. Doherty; J. G. Knight; T. Backhouse; T. S. T. Tran; R. Paterson; F. Stahl; H. Y. Alharbi; T. W. Chamberlain; R. A. Bourne; R. Stones; A. Griffiths; J. P. White; Z. Aslam; C. Hardare; H. Daly; J. Hart; R. H. Temperton; J. N. O'Shea; N. H. Rees
• Keywords: Levulinic acid; Phosphine oxide; Noyori asymmetric hydrogenation; Aqueous two-phase system

Phosphine oxide-decorated polymer immobilized ionic liquid stabilized RuNPs catalyse the hydrogenation of aryl ketones with remarkable selectivity for CO bond, complete to cyclohexylalcohol and levulinic acid γ-valerolactone.