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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Zhu JS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5758039 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nanoscale 20151101 42
Unsupported thiolate-capped palladium nanoparticle catalysts are found to be highly substrate-selective for alkene hydrogenation and isomerization. Steric and poisoning effects from thiolate ligands on the nanoparticle surface control reactivity and selectivity by influencing alkene adsorption and directing either di-σ or mono-σ bond formation. The presence of overlapping p orbitals and α protons in alkenes greatly influences the catalytic properties of deactivated palladium nanoparticles leadin ...[more]