An easily recoverable and recyclable homogeneous polyester-based Pd catalytic system for the hydrogenation of alfa,beta-unsaturated carbonyl compounds

Abstract Homogeneous catalysis is an efficient tool to carry out hydrogenation processes but the major drawback is represented by the separation of the expensive catalyst from the product mixture. In this view we prepared a polyester-based Pd catalytic system that offers the advantages of both homogenous and heterogeneous catalyses: efficacy, selectivity and recyclability. Here its application in the hydrogenation of selected alpha, beta-unsaturated carbonyl compounds is described.