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Ruthenium on carbon

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extent of labeling: 5 wt. % loading

Synonym(s):

Ruthenium on activated carbon, heterogeneous catalyst

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
Ru
Molecular Weight:
101.07
MDL number:
MFCD00011207
UNSPSC Code:
12161600
PubChem Substance ID:
24852384
NACRES:
NA.23

form

powder

reaction suitability

reagent type: catalyst
core: ruthenium

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extent of labeling

5 wt. % loading

matrix

carbon support

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SMILES string

[Ru]

InChI

1S/Ru

InChI key

KJTLSVCANCCWHF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Ruthenium on carbon is a powdered form of catalytic metal ruthenium supported on high-surface area conductive carbon, which makes it useful as an electrocatalyst. Ruthenium-based electrocatalysts are studied in fuel cells and water electrolyzers. It is also used in chemical hydrogenation reactions for example of the hydrogenation of aldehydes, ketones, sugars, and some aromatics
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Application

Ruthenium on carbon (Ru/C) can be used as a heterogeneous noble metal catalyst for the hydrotreatment of fast pyrolysis of oil derived from lignocellulosic biomass. It can be used in combination with an Amberlyst heat resistant ion-exchange resin for the hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,2-propanediol.

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GHS02

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H251

Hazard Classifications

Self-heat. 1

Storage Class Code

4.2 - Pyrophoric and self-heating hazardous materials

WGK

nwg

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Glycerol hydrogenolysis to 1, 2-propanediol catalyzed by a heat-resistant ion-exchange resin combined with Ru/C
Miyazawa T, et al.
Applied Catalysis A: General, 329(23), 30-35 (2007)
Hydrotreatment of fast pyrolysis oil using heterogeneous noble-metal catalysts
Wildschut J, et al.
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 48(23), 10324-10334 (2009)
Cong Wang et al.
JACS Au, 1(9), 1422-1434 (2021-10-05)
Plastics waste has become a major environmental threat, with polyethylene being one of the most produced and hardest to recycle plastics. Hydrogenolysis is potentially the most viable catalytic technology for recycling. Ruthenium (Ru) is one of the most active hydrogenolysis
Svilen P Simeonov et al.
ChemSusChem, 12(12), 2748-2754 (2019-05-06)
A new scalable synthesis of pentane-1,2,5-triol from the furanics platform has been developed. Excellent yields of up to 92 % are obtained under flow conditions by using readily available catalysts from the existing pool. The strategy exploits the highly functionalized Achmatowicz
Louise Bennet et al.
Diabetes research and clinical practice, 105(1), 79-87 (2014-05-21)
We investigated insulin action (insulin sensitivity index, ISI) and insulin secretion (oral disposition indices, DIo) and studied metabolic, demographic and lifestyle-related risk factors for type 2 diabetes and insulin action, in the largest non-European immigrant group to Sweden, immigrants from
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