Table 2.
Entry | Observation | Dehydrogenation Step
|
|
---|---|---|---|
Ketone to Enone | Enone to Phenol | ||
1 | Opaque, dark-red solutions | ✓ | ✓ |
2 | Reliable kinetics require carefully controlled conditions | ✓ | ✓ |
3 | Kinetic “burst” | ✓ | |
4 | Induction period | ✓ | |
5 | Filtrate remains catalytically active | ✓ | ✓ |
6 | Hg poisoning | ✓ | ✓ |
7 | PVPy poisoning | ✓ | ✓ |
8 | Pd particles detected by DLS and TEM | ✓ | ✓ |