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Synfacts 2008(10): 1118-1118  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1078191
Polymer-Supported Synthesis
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Preparation of Rhodium Nanoparticles within AISBA-15

Contributor(s): Yasuhiro Uozumi, Yoichi M. A. Yamada, Toshihiro Watanabe
M. Boutros, A. Denicourt-Nowicki, A. Roucoux, L. Gengembre, P. Beaunier, A. Gédéon, F. Launay*
Université Pierre et Marie Curie and CNRS, Paris, France
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22 September 2008 (online)

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Preparation of Rh nanoparticles within the mesopores of aluminosilicates (H- or Na-) AISBA-15 and their catalytic application to hydrogenation of arenes are reported. Thus, Rh(0)-AISBA 1-3 were prepared from H-AISBA-15 or Na-AISBA-15 via treatment with N,N-di­methyl-N-acetyl-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)ammonium chloride (HEA16Cl) and RhCl3˙×H2O followed by reduction with NaBH4. Rh(0)-AISBA 4 was prepared without HEA16Cl. The hydrogenation of styrene (5) was carried out with Rh(0)-AISBA to give ethylcyclohexane (7). The hydrogenation of anisole, toluene, m-xylene and tetralin was performed with Rh(0)-AISBA 2 under the similar conditions to give the corresponding fully hydrogenated products in 32-100% yield.