Table 2 Calculated van der Waals diameter of dimethyl phthalate and model catalysts

From: Highly selective and practical hydrogenation of functionalized (hetero)arenes

 

Dimethyl phthalate

One-shell Pt Pt13/TiO2

Two-shell Pt Pt55/TiO2

Three-shell Pt Pt159

Structure model

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Measured distance/nm

0.79

0.53

1.05

1.74

Van der Waals diameter/nm

1.03

0.88

1.40

2.09