Hydrogenation of olefins over amorphous Ni–P and Ni–B alloys prepered by the rapid quenching method

Abstract

Amorphous Ni–P and Ni–B alloys pretreated successively with dilute nitric acid, oxygen, and hydrogen are highly active for the hydrogenation of olefins; mono-olefins are more readily hydrogenated than diolefins, but the former are not hydrogenated in the presence of the latter, reflecting the stronger adsorption of the latter.