Mechanism of supported Ru₃Sn₇ nanocluster-catalyzed selective hydrogenation of coconut oil to fatty alcohols

As a promising hydrotreating catalyst, it was previously reported that Ru⋯OSn (Ru electronically interacts with Sn oxides) on RuSn/SiO₂ was the active site for fatty acid hydrogenation, but here in this work we found that Ru₃Sn₇ nanoclusters on RuSn/SiO₂ were responsible for the selective hydrogenation of diverse fatty acids and coconut oil to fatty alcohols.