Comparing the Pyrophoricity of Palladium Catalysts for Heterogeneous Hydrogenation

We compare the pyrophoricity of two commonly employed hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis palladium solid catalysts, Pd/C and SiliaCat Pd0, and the reactivity of SiliaCat Pd0 with that of two commercial hydrogenation catalysts (Pt0 EnCat and Pd/C) in the hydrogenation of six different nitroarene compounds under optimized reaction conditions.