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Partial hydrogenation of benzene to cyclohexene over Ru/γ-Al2O3 nanocatalyst via w/o microemulsion using boric acid and ethanolamine additives

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Ru/γ-Al2O3 nanocatalyst was synthesized by water-in-oil reverse microemulsion technique and characterized by TEM, SEM–EDX, XRD, N2 adsorption–desorption, and H2 chemisorption. The surface area and active sites (S M) of 3 wt% Ru/γ-Al2O3 was obtained around 217.6 m2/g and 45.70 m2/gcat, respectively. The catalyst performance of Ru/γ-Al2O3 was assessed in the selective hydrogenation benzene to cyclohexene in the presence of boric acid (BA) and ethanolamine (EA) additives. The effect of such specific additives alone and in combination on the activity and selectivity of benzene hydrogenation was systematically investigated. Ru catalyst displayed pre-eminent performance at 0.5 mmol ratio of BA to EA exhibiting the highest selectivity (40 %) and yield (16 %) of the intermediate product, cyclohexene at 40 % of benzene conversion.

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The authors wish to acknowledge the Board of Research in Nuclear Science (BRNS), Mumbai, India, for financial support through Project Ref. No. 2011/36/02-BRNS/0080.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, S.V. National Institute of Technology, Surat, 395 007, Gujarat, India

    S. U. Nandanwar & M. Chakraborty

  2. Discipline of Inorganic Materials and Catalysis, Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI-CSIR), Bhavnagar, 364 021, Gujarat, India

    A. A. Dabbawala & H. C. Bajaj

  3. Chemical Engineering Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC), Mumbai, 400 085, Maharashtra, India

    S. Mukhopadhyay & K. T. Shenoy

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Nandanwar, S.U., Dabbawala, A.A., Chakraborty, M. et al. Partial hydrogenation of benzene to cyclohexene over Ru/γ-Al2O3 nanocatalyst via w/o microemulsion using boric acid and ethanolamine additives. Res Chem Intermed 42, 1557–1569 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11164-015-2102-6

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