The mixed-metal carbonylate cluster [Pd 6Ru 6(CO) 24] 2- was used as a single-source precursor in the synthesis of a highly active hydrogenation catalyst (stoichiometry PdRu) which has been characterised by electron microscopy and X-ray absorption spectroscopy: PdRu readily hydrogenates alkenes and naphthalene (the latter predominantly to cis-decalin) under mild conditions.
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University of Cambridge (UK)Department of Chemistry
Raja, R., Sankar, G., Hermans, S., Shephard, D. S., Bromley, S., Thomas, J. M., & Johnson, B. F. G. (1999). Preparation and characterisation of a highly active bimetallic (Pd-Ru) nanoparticle heterogeneous catalyst. Chemical Communications, 16, 1571-1572. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/53533 (Original work published 1999)