Conversion of cyclohexene on a gold-plated palladium-nickel membrane catalyst

Under flow conditions, on the gold-covered external surface of a tube made of Pd containing 5.9% Ni cyclohexene is dehydrogenated into benzene and the hydrogen formed does not desorb but is consumed in cyclohexene hydrogenation to cyclohexane and diffuses through the membrane catalyst. In the presence of added hydrogen, cyclohexene hydrogenation takes place below 200°C. Upon the introduction of hydrogen through the membrane catalyst the hydrogenation rate strongly increases relative to the case when hydrogen is fed in mixture with cyclohexene vapors. © 1977 Akadémiai Kiadó.