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Back Cover: Direct Catalytic Conversion of Ethanol to C 5+ Ketones: Role of Pd–Zn Alloy on Catalytic Activity and Stability (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 34/2020)
Author(s) -
Subramaniam Senthil,
Guo Mond F.,
Bathena Tanmayi,
Gray Michel,
Zhang Xiao,
Martinez Abraham,
Kovarik Libor,
Goulas Konstantinos A.,
Ramasamy Karthikeyan K.
Publication year - 2020
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.202008185
Subject(s) - acetaldehyde , catalysis , aldol condensation , acetone , chemistry , ethanol , aldol reaction , palladium , organic chemistry
Alloy formation between Pd and Zn enables a new catalytic pathway for the selective generation of high‐value compounds from renewable ethanol, as reported by K. K. Ramasamy and co‐workers in their Research Article on page 14550. The key reaction steps for the direct catalytic conversion of ethanol into C 5+ ketones are the in situ generation of the acetone intermediate and the cross‐aldol condensation between the reaction intermediates acetaldehyde and acetone.