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Peer-reviewedCC BY-NC 4.0Chemical Communications

Role of water in metal catalyst performance for ketone hydrogenation: a joint experimental and theoretical study on levulinic acid conversion into gamma-valerolactone

  • Carine Michel
  • Jérémie Zaffran
  • Joanna Matras-Michalska
  • Marcin Jedrzejczyk
  • Agnieszka M Ruppert
  • Jacek Grams
  • Philippe Sautet
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Abstract

While Ru is a poor hydrogenation catalyst compared to Pt or Pd in the gas phase, it is efficient under aqueous phase conditions in the hydrogenation of ketones such as the conversion of levulinic acid into gamma-valerolactone. Combining DFT calculations and experiments, we demonstrate that water is responsible for the enhanced reactivity of Ru under those conditions.

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@article{michel2026role,
  title = {{Role of water in metal catalyst performance for ketone hydrogenation: a joint experimental and theoretical study on levulinic acid conversion into gamma-valerolactone}},
  author = {Carine Michel and Jérémie Zaffran and Joanna Matras-Michalska and Marcin Jedrzejczyk and Agnieszka M Ruppert and Jacek Grams and Philippe Sautet},
  journal = {Chemical Communications},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.1039/c4cc04401k},
  url = {https://hal.science/hal-01230464v1},
  note = {CC BY-NC 4.0},
}
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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Role of water in metal catalyst performance for ketone hydrogenation: a joint experimental and theoretical study on levulinic acid conversion into gamma-valerolactone
AU  - Carine Michel
AU  - Jérémie Zaffran
AU  - Joanna Matras-Michalska
AU  - Marcin Jedrzejczyk
AU  - Agnieszka M Ruppert
AU  - Jacek Grams
AU  - Philippe Sautet
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/06
JO  - Chemical Communications
DO  - 10.1039/c4cc04401k
UR  - https://hal.science/hal-01230464v1
AB  - While Ru is a poor hydrogenation catalyst compared to Pt or Pd in the gas phase, it is efficient under aqueous phase conditions in the hydrogenation of ketones such as the conversion of levulinic acid into gamma-valerolactone. Combining DFT calculations and experiments, we demonstrate that water is responsible for the enhanced reactivity of Ru under those conditions.
SN  - 1359-7345
SN  - 1364-548X
ER  -