@article { ISI:000233264700006,
	title = {Influence of alkali metal doping on selectivity behaviour of platinum catalysts for hydrogenation of 2-butyne-1,4-diol},
	journal = {Catalysis Communications},
	volume = {6},
	number = {11},
	year = {2005},
	month = {NOV},
	pages = {725-730},
	publisher = {ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV},
	type = {Article},
	address = {PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS},
	abstract = {<p>Hydrogenation of 2-butyne-1,4-diol to 2-butene-1,4-diol (B(2)D) and butane-1,4-diol (B(1)D) using Pt catalysts doped with alkali metals was studied. These catalysts showed higher selectivity to the olefinic diol (B2D) compared to that with monometallic platinum catalyst. Among various alkali metals, Cs-doped catalyst showed highest selectivity (\&gt;99\%) to B(2)D. The selectivity to B(2)D increased (up to 99.9\%) with increase in the concentration of Cs from 0.25\% to 1\%. The increase in the basic strength of alkali doped catalysts measured by CO(2)-TPD, would be responsible for the increase in electron density of Pt hence, faster desorption and higher selectivity to the intermediate olefinic diol (B(2)D). The reaction parameters; such as temperature, H(2) pressure and substrate concentration haye strong influence on the catalyst activity but almost no effect on the selectivity to B(2)D. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {2-butene-1, 2-butyne-1, 4-diol, alkali metal doping, platinum catalysts, Selective hydrogenation},
	issn = {1566-7367},
	doi = {10.1016/j.catcom.2005.07.009},
	author = {Telkar, M. M. and Rode, C. V. and Rane, V. H. and Chaudhari, R.}
}
@article { ISI:000233062500003,
	title = {Role of a co-metal in bimetallic Ni-Pt catalyst for hydrogenation of m-dinitrobenzene to m-phenylenediamine},
	journal = {Applied Catalysis A-General},
	volume = {295},
	number = {1},
	year = {2005},
	month = {OCT},
	pages = {23-30},
	publisher = {ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV},
	type = {Article},
	address = {PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS},
	abstract = {<p>Bimetallic Ni-Pt catalysts supported on carbon were found to give very high turn over frequency numbers and almost complete selectivity to m-phenylenediamine in m-dinitrobenzene hydrogenation as compared to the monometallic nickel catalysts. The XRD and XPS characterization revealed that most of the nickel remains as Ni2+ in a monometallic catalyst while, the addition of platinum leads to the stabilization of Ni-0 state, in case of bimetallic catalysts. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {Bimetallic catalyst, Catalytic hydrogenation, m-dinitrobenzene, m-phenylenediamine, Selective hydrogenation, turn over number, XPS and XRD of nickel},
	issn = {0926-860X},
	doi = {10.1016/j.apcata.2005.07.050},
	author = {Telkar, M. M. and Nadgeri, J. M. and Rode, C. V. and Chaudhari, R.}
}
