Improvement of the selectivity to crotyl alcohol in the gas-phase hydrogenation of crotonaldehyde over platinum/activated carbon catalysts Original Research Article

Pt/activated carbon catalysts were prepared by using [Pt(NH3)4]Cl2 as the metal precursor, and characterized by a number of techniques. The selectivity of these catalysts towards crotyl alcohol in the gas-phase hydrogenation of crotonaldehyde was considerably increased when the activated carbon support was slightly oxidized before the metal incorporation.