RT journal article T1 Intimate ruthenium-platinum nanoalloys supported on carbon catalyze the hydrogenation and one-pot hydrogenation-coupling reaction of oxidized amino derivatives A1 Rivero Crespo, Miguel A. A1 Rubio Marqués, Paula A1 Hernández Garrido, Juan Carlos A1 Mon, Marta A1 Oliver Meseguer, Judit A1 Leyva Pérez, Antonio A2 Ciencia de los Materiales e Ingeniería Metalúrgica y Química Inorgánica AB The use of bimetallic nanoparticles as catalysts in complex organic synthesis is rare, despite the widespread use of these materials in thermal C1 chemistry and electrocatalysis. Here we show that intimate RuPt nanoalloys, supported on charcoal, catalyze the synthesis of secondary and tertiary amines from a variety of amino derivatives, such as quinolines, isoquinolines, nitrobenzenes, oximes and nitriles, under mild reaction conditions. The organic reactions include not only direct hydrogenation reactions but also hydrogen-borrowing couplings in cascade, to access the desired amines in one-pot from readily available materials. The recyclable bimetallic solid catalyst is at least one order of magnitude more active than the monometallic counterparts in some cases, which illustrates the advantages of Ru-Pt co-operation during hydrogenation and hydrogen-borrowing reactions PB Royal Society of Chemistry SN 2044-4753 YR 2023 FD 2023-03-15 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/40393 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/40393 LA eng DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz RD 06-nov-2026