Reaction Kinetics and Catalysis Letters, Vol.89, No.2, 369-376, 2006
Making the liquid-phase catalytic hydrodechlorination of PCE over Pd/C safer
The hydrodechlorination of tetrachloroethylene in methanol (MeOH) over palladium catalysts on activated carbon (Pd/C) at 20 degrees C and atmospheric pressure was rendered safer by using ethanol (EtOH), isopropanol (IPA) or water-alcohol mixtures as solvents. Adding water to MeOH was better than using EtOH or IPA since it resulted in a faster reaction and better stability of Pd/C, which could also be completely reactivated.