Energy efficient, reusable, and versatile catalytic system for hydrogenation, using abundant cobalt

https://phys.org/news/2024-08-energy-efficient-reusable-versatile-catalytic.html

"doesn't use expensive palladium or rhodium... cobalt abundant, requires lower temperatures/ pressures without harmful ammonia... convenient/ consistent production of hexagonal close-packed cobalt nanoparticle crystal phases using hydrosilane-assisted synthesis (catalyst reusable)...  97% yield for benzonitrile hydrogenation into benzyl amine, with half the pressure of competing methods... also works for diverse range of nitriles/ carbonyl compounds... food, pharmaceuticals, materials, petrochemicals"

"