An excellent nickel boride catalyst for the selective hydrogenation of olefins

Article abstract of DOI:10.1055/s-1996-4272

Nickel boride prepared on borohydride exchange resin (BER) in methanol is an excellent catalyst for the selective hydrogenation of olefins. Thus, monosubstituted olefins and norbornene were hydrogenated quantitatively at 0°C in 1 hour in the presence of disubstituted olefins and trisubstituted α,β-unsaturated acid derivatives, the disubstituted olefins in turn were hydrogenated at 65°C in 1 hour without affecting trisubstituted olefins, benzene, and heteroaromatic compounds.