This book gives a comprehensive overview of modern hydrogenation methods used in organic synthesis.
In clearly structured chapters, the authors cover the catalysts, scope and limitations of their application, and the techniques for hydrogenation of carbon-carbon, carbon-heteroatom and heteroatom-heteroatom multiple bonds.

• Preface 6
• Contents 8
• List of Contributors 10
• 1. Structure and performance of selective hydrogenation catalysts 12
• 2. The Raney^® catalyst legacy in hydrogenation 30
• 3. Model studies on hydrogenation reactions 54
• 4. Aromatic hydrogenation 86
• 5. Nitrile hydrogenation 118
• 6. Fischer–Tropsch synthesis – carbon monoxide hydrogenation 166
• 7. Heterogeneously catalyzed ammonia synthesis 184
• Index 204