Abstract
THE catalytic reduction of unsaturated carbon compounds by the direct action of hydrogen in the presence of a finely divided metal may be said to have been discovered by v. Wilde in 1874, when he succeeded in transforming ethylene into ethane by passing the unsaturated hydrocarbon mixed with hydrogen over platinum-black. Although this reaction was found to be of considerable service in synthetic chemistry, it remained without special significance until Sabatier and Senderens started their epoch-making researches in 1897. These chemists found that finely divided metals other than platinum, namely, iron, cobalt, copper, and especially nickel, could be used with marked success as catalysts in reactions of this type, and the catalogue of Poulenc Frères, of Paris, bears witness to the practical success which has attended their work.
The Hydrogenation of Oils, Catalyzers, and Catalysis, and the Generation of Hydrogen.
By C. Ellis. Pp. x + 340. (London: Constable and Co., Ltd., 1914.) Price 16s. net.
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T., J. The Hydrogenation of Oils, Catalyzers, and Catalysis, and the Generation of Hydrogen . Nature 95, 312–313 (1915). https://doi.org/10.1038/095312a0
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