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5792646 
Journal Article 
Green Synthesis of Rhodium Nanoparticles that are Catalytically Active in Benzene Hydrogenation and 1-Hexene Hydroformylation 
Alsalahi, W; Tylus, W; Trzeciak, AM 
2018 
Yes 
ChemCatChem
ISSN: 1867-3880
EISSN: GmbH & Co. KGaA 
10 
9 
2051-2058 
English 
WOS:000431974000018 
Rhodium nanoparticles (Rh NPs) were prepared according to a green method based on the reduction of (acetylacetonato)dicarbonylrhodium(I), Rh(acac)(CO)2, in water at 80 °C. The nanoparticles, which were obtained without the addition of a reducing agent, were stabilized by polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) or polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) polymers and characterized by TEM (transmission electron microscopy), XPS (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy), and XRD (X-ray powder diffraction) methods. The excellent catalytic activity of these Rh NPs was evidenced in the hydrogenation of benzene to cyclohexane. In the presence of PPh3, Rh NPs formed a highly active system in the hydroformylation of 1-hexene. In this system, they acted as a source of soluble rhodium species. Rh NPs were also synthesized in water using rhodium(II) acetate, Rh2(OAc)4, and rhodium(III) chloride, RhCl3, as rhodium sources, and their catalytic activity was compared with that of the rhodium precursors. © 2018 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim 
catalysis; hydroformylation; hydrogenation; nanoparticles; rhodium