5.1: Information About the Reaction

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Summary of the Development of the Reaction

The scientist who first discovered Catalytic Hydrogenation was Paul Sabatier in 1897 using discoveries by James Boyce.

One modification that was used is that when it was first introduced the only metal they thought could do this is platinum. However now chemists have found that other metals can do this as well. Not only that but many metal mixtures such as those with aluminum are used most regularly due to the price of aluminum being less of many metals.

Utility of Reaction

The Mechanism takes any alkene (double bonded carbon) and when placed on a metal catalyst surface the hydrogens from the metal bond to either carbon breaking the double bond and forming two carbon hydrogen bonds. This is important for industrial processes, due to it being able to be done to any alkene or alkene in an aromatic ring. Making the substances less toxic and more easily handled.

References

Wisniak, J. The History of Catalysis. From the Beginning to Nobel Prizes. https://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...87893X18300740 (accessed Apr 10, 2021).

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1912. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/ch...atier/lecture/ (accessed May 3, 2021).

Catalytic Hydrogenation of Alkenes. https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshel..._Hydrogenation (accessed Mar 9, 2021).

Mott, V. Introduction to Chemistry. https://courses.lumenlearning.com/in...and%20reactive. (accessed Mar 27, 2021).

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Alexander Towle