SELECTIVITY OF PALLADIUM AND PLATINUM CATALYSTS IN THE HYDROGENOLYSIS OF 4-HYDROXY- AND 4-METHOXYCYCLOHEXANONES

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1980.807

Hydrogenolysis of 1,4-cyclohexanedione, 4-hydroxycyclohexanone and 4-methoxycyclohexanone has been studied using palladium and platinum as catalysts.Palladium cleaves the C-O single bond while platinum cleaves the C=O double bond preferentially.