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Challenging thermodynamics: hydrogenation of benzene to 1,3- cyclohexadiene by Ru@Pt nanoparticles (2016)
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Weilhard, A., Abarca, G. A., Viscardi, J., Prechtl, M. H., Scholten, J. D., Bernandi, F., …Dupont, J. (in press). Challenging thermodynamics: hydrogenation of benzene to 1,3- cyclohexadiene by Ru@Pt nanoparticles. ChemCatChem, 9(1), https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201601196

Since the earliest reports on catalytic benzene hydrogenation, 1,3-cyclohexadiene and cyclohexene have been proposed as key intermediates. However, the former has never been obtained with remarkable selectivity. Herein we report the first partial hyd... Read More about Challenging thermodynamics: hydrogenation of benzene to 1,3- cyclohexadiene by Ru@Pt nanoparticles.

Catalytically active membrane-like devices: ionic liquid-hybrid organosilicas decorated with palladium nanoparticles (2016)
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Luza, L., Rambor, C. P., Gual, A., Bernardi, F., Domingos, J. B., Thomas, G., …Dupont, J. (in press). Catalytically active membrane-like devices: ionic liquid-hybrid organosilicas decorated with palladium nanoparticles. ACS Catalysis, 6, https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.6b01813

Ionic liquid (IL)-hybrid organosilicas based on 1-n-butyl-3-(3-trimethoxysilylpropyl)-imidazolium cations associated with hydrophilic and hydrophobic anions decorated with well dispersed and similar sized (1.8–2.1 nm) Pd nanoparticles (Pd-NPs) are am... Read More about Catalytically active membrane-like devices: ionic liquid-hybrid organosilicas decorated with palladium nanoparticles.

Hybrid tantalum oxide nanoparticles from the hydrolysis of imidazolium tantalate ionic liquids: efficient catalysts for hydrogen generation from ethanol/water solutions (2016)
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Souza, V. S., Scholten, J. D., Weibel, D. E., Eberhardt, D., Baptista, D. L., Teixeira, S. R., & Dupont, J. (2016). Hybrid tantalum oxide nanoparticles from the hydrolysis of imidazolium tantalate ionic liquids: efficient catalysts for hydrogen generation from ethanol/water solutions. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 4, https://doi.org/10.1039/C6TA02114J

The reaction of equimolar amounts of 1-n-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (BMI·Cl) or 1-n-decyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (DMI·Cl) with TaCl5 affords imidazolium tantalate ionic liquids (ILs) BMI·TaCl61 and DMI·TaCl62. The hydrolysis of ILs 1 an... Read More about Hybrid tantalum oxide nanoparticles from the hydrolysis of imidazolium tantalate ionic liquids: efficient catalysts for hydrogen generation from ethanol/water solutions.