Interaction | Reaction | Process     Data Page

Aldehydes are reduced to primary alcohols by catalytic hydrogenation, with a catalyst of finely dispersed nickel, palladium or platinum.

  +  
H2
  +  
Ni
         
Reactant Page Go To Go To
Aldehyde (AS/A2 generic)     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Hydrogen     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Nickel Catalyst    Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Primary alcohol (AS/A2 generic)     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
British A-Level Chemistry: A2
Hydrogenation, catalytic
Redox
Reduction: Of Substrate By Reagent

© Mark R. Leach 1999 –


Queries, Suggestions, Bugs, Errors, Typos...

If you have any:

Queries
Comments
Suggestions
Suggestions for links
Bug, typo or grammatical error reports about this page,

please contact Mark R. Leach, the author, using mark@meta-synthesis.com