@article { ISI:000376119000058,
	title = {Hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde to hydrocinnamaldehyde over Pd nanoparticles deposited on nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbon},
	journal = {RSC Advances},
	volume = {6},
	number = {50},
	year = {2016},
	month = {APR},
	pages = {44333-44340},
	publisher = {ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY},
	address = {THOMAS GRAHAM HOUSE, SCIENCE PARK, MILTON RD, CAMBRIDGE CB4 0WF, CAMBS, ENGLAND},
	abstract = {<p>Palladium nanoparticles deposited on nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbon (NMC) were synthesized by simple ultrasonic-assisted method. This novel Pd-NMC catalyst was highly active and selective for the hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde (CA) to hydrocinnamaldehyde (HCA) at room temperature (30 degrees C) under low H-2 pressure. The nitrogen-free mesoporous carbon (MC) and activated carbon (AC) were also employed as the support for Pd in the liquid-phase hydrogenation of CA. The incorporation of nitrogen into carbon matrix remarkably enhanced the catalytic activity and C=C bond hydrogenation selectivity (HCA selectivity of 93\% with 100\% CA conversion for Pd-NMC) in CA hydrogenation compared to the catalysts with no nitrogen (HCA selectivity of 66 and 47\% for Pd-MC and Pd-AC, respectively). Moreover, Pd-NMC catalyst demonstrated an excellent recyclability without any loss in activity and HCA selectivity when it was reused for six times. The superior catalytic performance of Pd-NMC catalyst in CA hydrogenation is attributed to the small size of Pd nanoparticles due to presence of high nitrogen content (11.6 wt\%) and mesoporous nature of NMC support.</p>},
	issn = {2046-2069},
	doi = {10.1039/c6ra04154j},
	author = {Nagpure, Atul S. and Gurrala, Lakshmiprasad and Gogoi, Pranjal and Chilukuri, Satyanarayana V.}
}
