ABSTRACT
Nicoletta Ravasio,a Achille Fusi,b Rinaldo Psaro,a and Federica Zaccheriac
aCNR-ISTM, via Golgi 19, I-20133 Milano, Italy bDip.Chimica Inorganica, Metallorganica e Analitica, Università di Milano,
Via Venezian 21, I-20133 Milano cConsorzio INSTM, via B. Varchi 59, I-50132 Firenze, Italy
n.ravasio@istm.cnr.it
Abstract
Geraniol can be converted into citronellol and menthol over Cu/Al2O3 under catalytic hydrogenation conditions owing to chemoselective hydrogenation and a three-functional process taking place on the catalyst surface.
