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Gold Catalysis Outside Nanoscale: Bulk Gold Catalyzes the Aerobic Oxidation of π‐Activated Alcohols
Author(s) -
Guo Hongfan,
AlHunaiti Afnan,
Kemell Marianna,
Rautiainen Sari,
Leskelä Markku,
Repo Timo
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201100286
Subject(s) - alcohol oxidation , cinnamyl alcohol , catalysis , benzyl alcohol , chemistry , nanoscopic scale , nanotechnology , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , materials science , selectivity
The incredible bulk: Although nano‐sized Au is required in numerous reactions, π‐activated alcohols, such as benzyl alcohol and cinnamyl alcohol, can be catalytically oxidized by unsupported bulk Au, which provides a promising starting point to explore the origin of Au catalysis.