Sabatier-Senderens Reduction

P. Sabatier, J. B. Senderens, Compt. Rend. 128, 1173 (1899).

Catalytic hydrogenation of organic compounds in the vapor phase by passage over hot, finely divided nickel (the oldest of all hydrogenation methods).

E. B. Maxted in Handbuch der Katalyse vol. 7, G. M. Schwab, Ed. (Vienna, 1943) p 624; H. Roth et al., Houben-Weyl 2, 288 (1953); G. Schiller, ibid. IV/2, 284 (1955); H. O. House, Modern Synthetic Reactions (W. A. Benjamin, Menlo Park, California, 2nd ed., 1972) Chapter 1.