Table 7.

Hydrogenation of dicyclopentadiene in the presence of G3‐dendr‐SiO₂‐Pd catalyst.^[a]

Entry	Catalyst loading, mg	Substrate/Pd (mol/mol)	P (H2), atm.	Conv., %	TOF, h−1	Product distribution, %
1	1	3005	10	99.5	11955	Dihydrodicyclopentadiene 42 % Tetrahydrodicyclopentadiene 55.5 % Retro‐diene decay 2.5 %
2	0.5	6010	10	99.5	23910	Dihydrodicyclopentadiene 69 % Tetrahydrodicyclopentadiene 17.5 % Retro‐diene decay 13.5 %
3	0.5	18020	10	98	70645	Dihydrodicyclopentadiene 66 % Tetrahydrodicyclopentadiene 4 % Retro‐diene decay 30 %
4	0.5	24030	10	94	90350	Dihydrodicyclopentadiene 94 % Tetrahydrodicyclopentadiene 4.5 % Retro‐diene decay 1.5 %
5	0.5	48060	10	41	59115	Dihydrodicyclopentadiene 95 % Tetrahydrodicyclopentadiene 3 % Retro‐diene decay 2 %
6	0.5	48060	30	70	100925	Dihydrodicyclopentadiene 90 % Tetrahydrodicyclopentadiene 9 % Retro‐diene decay 1 %
7	0.5	64080	10	13	24990	Dihydrodicyclopentadiene 90.5 % Tetrahydrodicyclopentadiene 2.5 % Retro‐diene decay 7 %
8	0.5	64080	30	51	98040	Dihydrodicyclopentadiene 93 %
						Tetrahydrodicyclopentadiene 5 %
						Retro‐diene decay 2 %

[a] Reaction conditions are: 80 °C, 15 min.