OE71 Understanding solvent effects on the liquid phase hydrogenation of ketoisophorone

Friday, June 10, 2011: 9:00 AM
Ambassador Ballroom 2 (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Helen Moor1, Helen Daly1, Chris Hardacre2 and David W. Rooney2, (1)Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, CenTACat, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom, (2)CenTACat, School of Chem. and Chem. Eng., Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
Understanding the effect of solvents on liquid phase reactions is of fundamental importance to be able to control the selectivity of a reaction towards a desired product.  Ketoisphorone is an example of an α,β-unsaturated ketone where the solvent rather the choice of catalytic metal alters the reaction selectivity.

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