Citation: Dong-Shun Deng, Guo-Qiang Han, Xiao Zhu, Xuan Xu, Yu-Tong Gong, Yong Wang. Selective hydrogenation of unprotected indole to indoline over N-doped carbon supported palladium catalyst[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2015, 26(3): 277-281. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2014.12.001 shu

Selective hydrogenation of unprotected indole to indoline over N-doped carbon supported palladium catalyst

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a Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Biofuel, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China;
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b School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu 273165, China;
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c Key Lab of Applied Chemistry of Zhejiang Province, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310028, China

Corresponding author: Dong-Shun Deng,
Received Date: 2 September 2014
Available Online: 2 November 2014
Fund Project: the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (No. J20130060) (No. U1162124) the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21206085) (No. LR13B030001) Excellent Middle-aged and Young Scientists Research Award Foundation of Shandong Province (No. BS2011CL023) (No. J20130060) the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, the Program for Zhejiang Leading Team of S&T Innovation, and the Partner Group Program of Zhejiang University and the Max-Planck Society are greatly appreciated. (No. 21206085)

Mesoporous N-doped carbon supported palladium catalyst Pd@CN_0.132 was able to efficiently catalyze unprotected indole to indoline under mild conditions. In the aqueous system, a selectivity of 100% and conversion of 96% was achieved under 313 K and atmospheric hydrogen gas.
- Chemoselective hydrogentaiton,
- Indole,
- Indoline,
- Pd@CN_0.132
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