1. Reduction of organic compounds
Palladium carbon can be used to reduce carbon-carbon double bonds in organic compounds. By acting with reducing agents such as hydrogen, palladium carbon can promote the breaking of carbon-carbon double bonds to generate saturated organic compounds. This reduction reaction is usually used to purify or convert organic compounds such as olefins and alkynes.
2. Reduction of nitro compounds
Palladium carbon can be used to reduce nitro bonds in nitro compounds. By acting with reducing agents such as hydrogen, palladium carbon can promote the breaking of nitro bonds to generate amino compounds. This reduction reaction is usually used to prepare the synthesis of organic compounds such as drugs and dyes.
3. Reduction of carbonyl compounds
Palladium carbon can be used to reduce carbonyl bonds in carbonyl compounds. By acting together with reducing agents such as hydrogen, palladium carbon can promote the breaking of carbonyl bonds to generate alcohol compounds. This reduction reaction is usually used to purify or convert organic compounds such as aldehydes and ketones.
4. Reduction of oxides
Palladium carbon can be used to reduce oxygen atoms in oxides. By acting together with reducing agents such as hydrogen, palladium carbon can promote the reduction of oxygen atoms to generate alcohols or hydrocarbon compounds. This reduction reaction is usually used to prepare materials such as metal organic compounds.
Palladium carbon can promote the reduction reaction by interacting with certain substances. It can be used to reduce substances such as organic compounds, nitro compounds, carbonyl compounds and oxides. However, palladium carbon itself is not a reducing agent, and it needs to interact with other substances to exert its catalytic effect.