Abstract
Kinetic assessments, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, and H/D kinetic and isotopic exchange studies establish the sequence of H-addition steps and reveal how water induces a shift in their kinetic relevance during butanal hydrogenation on Ru/SiO2. Without water, hydrogenation turnovers are slower than the H/D exchange rates at the carbonyl carbon and increase linearly with butanal and H2 pressures. Thus, hydrogenation occurs via quasi-equilibrated H-addition to the carbonyl carbon, which forms an alkoxy intermediate, before the second, kinetically relevant H-addition to the oxygen. Water vapor does not alter CH formation rates but promotes the OH formation rates by stabilizing the transition state through hydrogen bonds, making the first H-addition that forms the CH bond kinetically relevant, thus decreasing the apparent order to H2. This study provides the mechanistic context behind the water promotional effects during butanal hydrogenation, as the chemical potential of water increases and hydrogen bonding prevails and mediates catalysis.
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