Urushibara Cobalt

Urushibara Co catalysts can be prepared exactly in the same way as the corresponding Ni catalysts, using cobalt chloride hexahydrate instead of nickel chloride hexahydrate as starting material. Similarly as with Raney catalysts, Urushibara Co has been found to be more effective and selective than Urushibara Ni in the hydrogenation of nitriles, affording high yields of primary amines.105,106 

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On the other hand, 50-cholestan-3-one was hydrogenated to the axial alcohol, 50-cholestan-30-ol, in 99% yield (GC) over Urushibara cobalt A (U-Co-A) in methanol as solvent (eq. 5.45) and in 72% yield (GC) over U-Ni-A.170 In these cases the yields decreased in less polar solvents over both catalysts. 

Orito and Imai have shown that the hydrogenation of benzene over nickel and cobalt catalysts is inhibited by alcoholic solvents and some ethers.5 As seen from the results shown in Table 11.2, benzene is hydrogenated extremely slowly or not at all in primary alcohols but very rapidly without solvent or in hydrocarbons. Benzene is hydrogenated at a considerable rate at 110°C even over Urushibara Ni A, which is known to be a poor catalyst toward the hydrogenation of aromatic nucleus,10 when used without solvent or in hydrocarbons after the water or alcohol on the catalyst has been carefully removed. 

The precipitate of nickel obtained on adding zinc dust to a solution of nickel chloride can be activated by treatment with aqueous ammonia (Urushibara Ni—NH3). This nickel catalyst contains appreciable amounts of residual ammonia and is suitable for reduction of nitriles to amines. Treating the nickel precipitate with sodium hydroxide solution gives the Urushibara Ni—B catalyst Urushibara Co—B catalyst is obtained analogously from cobalt chloride.180... 

HYDROGENATION, ASYMMETRIC (-)-and (+)-2,3-0-IsopropyIidene-2,3-dihydroxy-l,4-bis(diphenyIphosphine)butane. Neomenthyldiphenylphosphine. HYDROGENATION CATALYSTS frthap/o-AlIyltris(trimethylphosphite)cobalt(I). Lindlar catalyst. Palladium catalysts. Palladium(II) chloride. Rhodium-on-carbon. Tris(triphenylphosphine)chlotorhodium. Tris(triphenylphosphine)ruthenium dl-chloride. Urushibara catalysts. 

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