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Heterogeneous Catalysis, VI Direct Reduction of Alcohols to Hydro- carbons [1]

  • Wilhelm F. Maier , Irina Thies and Paul von Ragué Schleyer

Abstract

Secondary and tertiary alcohols are converted cleanly to the parent hydrocarbons in the gas phase with H2 in the presence of a Ni/Al2O3 catalyst at 190 °C. Primary alcohols are de-hydroxymethylated; e.g., 1-hydroxymethylada-mantane (4) gives adamantane (1). Alumina alone, in the absence of Ni, results in the formation of homoadamantane (5) from 4.

Received: 1981-8-13
Published Online: 2014-6-2
Published in Print: 1982-3-1

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