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Product selectivity in the reductive amination of aliphatic ketones with aniline and H2 using a 5% Pt/C catalyst was improved remarkably in the presence of CO2. The CO formed in situ by the reverse water–gas shift reaction selectively poisoned the Pt sites active for undesired side reactions.
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