Catalytic transfer hydrogenation of oleic acid to octadecanol over magnetic recoverable cobalt catalysts

Earth-abundant magnetic cobalt is highly efficient for CTH of oleic acid with isopropanol as a hydrogen donor, affording 100% conversion as well as 91.9% octadecanol yield at 200 °C, which can be ascribed to the synergistic effect between Co^δ+ and Co⁰.