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Oxygen Insertion Catalysis by sp 2 Carbon
Author(s) -
Frank Benjamin,
Blume Raoul,
Rinaldi Ali,
Trunschke Annette,
Schlögl Robert
Publication year - 2011
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.201103340
Subject(s) - oxygen , catalysis , carbon fibers , chemistry , radiochemistry , materials science , organic chemistry , composite number , composite material
Black matter in catalysis : Graphitic carbon catalyzes the insertion of O atoms into acrolein. Such complex multistep atom rearrangements were believed to be the exclusive domain of metal (oxide) catalysis. In the C‐catalyzed process, the nucleophilic O atoms terminating the graphite (0001) surface abstract the formyl H atom and the activated aldehyde is oxidized by a mobile epoxide O atom. Thus, the sp 2 carbon acts as a bifunctional catalyst.
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