@article {285, title = {Para-hydrogen-induced polarization in heterogeneous hydrogenation reactions}, journal = {Journal of the American Chemical Society}, volume = {129}, year = {2007}, note = {J Am Chem Soc160MRTimes Cited:36Cited References Count:45}, month = {May 2}, pages = {5580-5586}, abstract = {

We demonstrate the creation and observation of para-hydrogen-induced polarization in heterogeneous hydrogenation reactions. Wilkinson\&$\#$39;s catalyst, RhCl(PPh3)(3), supported on either modified silica gel or a polymer, is shown to hydrogenate styrene into ethylbenzene and to produce enhanced spin polarizations, observed through NMR, when the reaction was performed with H-2 gas enriched in the para spin isomer. Furthermore, gaseous phase para-hydrogenation of propylene to propane with two catalysts, the Wilkinson\&$\#$39;s catalyst supported on modified silica gel and Rh(cod)(sulfos) (cod = cycloocta-1,5-diene; sulfos = -O3S(C6H4)CH2C(CH2PPh2)(3)) supported on silica gel, demonstrates heterogeneous catalytic conversion resulting in large spin polarizations. These experiments serve as a direct verification of the mechanism of heterogeneous hydrogenation reactions involving immobilized metal complexes and can be potentially developed into a practical tool for producing catalyst-free fluids with highly polarized nuclear spins for a broad range of hyperpolarized NMR and MRI applications.

}, keywords = {alignment}, isbn = {0002-7863}, doi = {Doi 10.1021/Ja068653o}, url = {://WOS:000245946400064}, author = {Koptyug, I. V. and Kovtunov, K. V. and Burt, S. R. and Anwar, M. S. and Hilty, C. and Han, S. I. and Pines, A. and Sagdeev, R. Z.} }