Researchers from the Institute of Solid State Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, reported a carbon-supported, Pt-modified MoO3 nanoparticle catalyst for electrochemically selective C=O hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde to produce cinnamyl alcohol.
HRTEM and elemental mapping results of Pt-MoO 3 /C. Credit: Wang Jialu Researchers from the Institute of Solid State Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, reported a carbon-supported, Pt-modified MoO 3 nanoparticle catalyst for electrochemically selective C=O hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde to produce cinnamyl alcohol. Their findings were published in Chemical Communications. Cinnamaldehyde (CAL), a representative chemical for α, β-unsaturated aromatic aldehydes, has been widely used in hydrogenation reactions to yield high-value-added products, among which cinnamyl alcohol (COL) is usually applied as a flavor additive and pharmaceutical raw…