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5697211 
Book/Book Chapter 
7.16 - Hydrogenation Reactions: Concepts and Practice 
Guczi, L; Molnár, Á; Teschner, D 
2013 
Elsevier 
Amsterdam 
Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry II (Second Edition) 
421-457 
The fundamental aspects of heterogeneous catalytic hydrogenation and selected relevant examples are reviewed in this chapter. Using simple hydrocarbon molecules, it is illustrated how chemisorption on transition metal and alloy surfaces influence the rate and selectivity of various hydrogenation reactions. Then, we focus our attention on the manufacture of commercially important chemicals with selective hydrogenation. Our examples include acetylene and butadiene hydrogenation, chemoselective reduction of acrolein to allyl alcohol, methanation, methanol synthesis, and asymmetric hydrogenation. 
Acetylenes; Asymmetric hydrogenation; 1,3-Butadiene; Carbon dioxide; Carbon monoxide; Cinchona alkaloids; Enantioselectivity; Methanation; Methanol synthesis; Pd catalysts; Selective hydrogenation 
Poeppelmeier, Kenneth