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Chemistry · Glossary

What is Catalytic hydrogenation?

Definition 21.1 University Chemistry — Year 2 · Chapter 21 — Oxidation and Reduction of Alkenes

A catalytic hydrogenation adds dihydrogen across a multiple bond in the presence of a catalyst: a finely divided metal (palladium on carbon, platinum, nickel) in heterogeneous catalysis, or a soluble complex such as Wilkinson’s in homogeneous catalysis.

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