Zeolite materials with Ni and Co: synthesis and catalytic potential in the selective hydrogenation of citral

• Inocente Rodríguez-Iznaga,
• Yailen Costa Marrero,
• Tania Farias Piñeira,
• Céline Fontaine,
• Lexane Paget,
• Beatriz Concepción Rosabal,
• Arbelio Penton Madrigal,
• Vitalii Petranovskii and
• Gwendoline Lafaye

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 520–529, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.40

• , La Habana, Cuba Centro de Nanociencia y Nanotecnología (CNyN), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), 22860, Ensenada, B.C., México 10.3762/bjnano.16.40 Abstract Zeolitic materials incorporating mono- and bimetallic systems of nickel and cobalt were obtained from natural zeolite modified

• produce unsaturated alcohols, suggesting that synergistic Ni–Co interactions played a role in their formation. Keywords: citral hydrogenation; cobalt–nickel mixture; impregnation; ion exchange; natural zeolite; Introduction Numerous publications in the literature highlight zeolites modified with

• group while preserving other reactive sites [3]. Building on these insights, this work presents research on the selective hydrogenation of citral using both monometallic and bimetallic nickel and cobalt catalysts supported on natural zeolite, which was modified with Ni2+ and Co2+ chloride solutions