Selective Hydrogenation of 1-Methylnaphthalene to 1-Methyldecalins with Supported Ni Catalysts for Hydrogen Storage: The Influence of the Nature of the Support

Selective Hydrogenation of 1-Methylnaphthalene to 1-Methyldecalins with Supported Ni Catalysts for Hydrogen Storage: The Influence of the Nature of the Support Full article

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Molecules
ISSN: 1420-3049

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Year: 2026, Volume: 31, Number: 11, Article number : 1782, Pages count : DOI: 10.3390/molecules31111782

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Shesterkina Anastasiya ¹ , Myakota Valeriya ² , Pribytkov Petr ¹ , Dunaev Sergey ¹ , Kapustin Gennady ² , Mishin Igor ² , Gordeeva Natalya ² , Kustov Leonid ^1,2 , Kustov Alexander ^1,2

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1	Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1/3, 119991 Moscow, Russia
2	N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Avenue 47, 119991 Moscow, Russia

1-Methylnaphthalene and the products of hydrogenation exhibit a high hydrogen storage capacity (6.6 wt.%), which makes them extremely promising as liquid organic hydrogen carriers. In this work, effective monometallic catalysts, 15Ni/Al2O3, 15Ni/Al2O3-SiO2, and 15Ni/Sib-ox, were synthesized and first investigated for hydrogenation of 1-methylnaphthalene to 1-methyldecalins. The prepared catalysts were characterized using a set of physicochemical analysis methods: SEM-EDX, TEM, XRD, N2 adsorption–desorption, FTIR and UV-vis-DRS. The catalytic activity of the samples in the hydrogenation reaction of 1-methylnaphthalene (100 min, 4 MPa, 240 °C) was studied in comparison to the traditional catalyst of hydrogenation, Ni Raney. The 15%Ni/Sib-ox catalyst showed a 100% conversion and high selectivity of 85.2% with respect to the target product 1-methyldecalins, while in the presence of Ni Raney, a selectivity of 74.3% was achieved with complete conversion of the substrate.

Shesterkina A. , Myakota V. , Pribytkov P. , Dunaev S. , Kapustin G. , Mishin I. , Gordeeva N. , Kustov L. , Kustov A.
Selective Hydrogenation of 1-Methylnaphthalene to 1-Methyldecalins with Supported Ni Catalysts for Hydrogen Storage: The Influence of the Nature of the Support
Molecules. 2026. V.31. N11. 1782 . DOI: 10.3390/molecules31111782 OpenAlex

Submitted:	Apr 9, 2026
Published online:	May 22, 2026

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