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A Collaborative Effect between Gold and a Support Induces the Selective Oxidation of Alcohols
Author(s) -
Abad Alberto,
Concepción Patricia,
Corma Avelino,
García Hermenegildo
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200500382
Subject(s) - alcohol oxidation , chemistry , organic chemistry , alcohol
Ceria nanoparticles as a support stabilize positive gold species and provide oxygen vacancies. The resulting solid exhibits an exceedingly high efficiency for the solventless aerobic oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols to carbonyl compounds (see picture).