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Inside Back Cover: Adaptive Catalysts for the Selective Hydrogenation of Bicyclic Heteroaromatics using Ruthenium Nanoparticles on a CO2‐Responsive Support (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 48/2023)

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol. 62

Abstract

A “chameleon catalyst” for hydrogenation reactions: The selectivity of an amine-functionalized ruthenium nanoparticles-based catalyst can be switched in the hydrogenation of bicyclic heteroaromatics by controlling the feedgas composition, unlocking adaptivity in product formation. The selectivity switch is reversible, rapid, and robust, and originates from the formation of ammonium formate species under H2/CO2, and their decomposition under H2, as reported by Alexis Bordet, Walter Leitner et al. in their Research Article (e202311427).

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  1. Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion

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    Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Department of Molecular Catalysis Stiftstraße 34–36 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany

  2. RWTH Aachen University

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    Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie RWTH Aachen University Worringerweg 2 52074 Aachen Germany

  3. Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion

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    Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Department of Molecular Catalysis Stiftstraße 34–36 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany

  4. Queen's University

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    Department of Chemistry Queen's University Kingston, Ontario Canada

    Department of Chemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

  5. RWTH Aachen University · Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion

    Affiliation as printed

    Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie RWTH Aachen University Worringerweg 2 52074 Aachen Germany

    Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Department of Molecular Catalysis Stiftstraße 34–36 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany

  6. Queen's University

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    Department of Chemistry Queen's University Kingston, Ontario Canada

    Department of Chemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

  7. Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion

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    Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Department of Molecular Catalysis Stiftstraße 34–36 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany

  8. Alexis Bordet corresponding

    Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion

    Affiliation as printed

    Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Department of Molecular Catalysis Stiftstraße 34–36 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany

  9. RWTH Aachen University · Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion

    Affiliation as printed

    Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie RWTH Aachen University Worringerweg 2 52074 Aachen Germany

    Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Department of Molecular Catalysis Stiftstraße 34–36 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany

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