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Highly Efficient Au/TiO 2 Catalyst for One‐pot Conversion of Nitrobenzene to p ‐Aminophenol in Water Media
Author(s) -
Zou Luyao,
Cui Yuanyuan,
Dai Weilin
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
chinese journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1614-7065
pISSN - 1001-604X
DOI - 10.1002/cjoc.201300875
Subject(s) - nitrobenzene , chemistry , catalysis , selectivity , yield (engineering) , nuclear chemistry , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , metallurgy , materials science , engineering
Au/TiO 2 catalyst is firstly reported to be efficient in the hydrogenation of nitrobenzene to produce p‐ aminophenol with a high PAP selectivity of 81% and overall yield more than 63%. The catalyst is also quite stable and can be reused for at least 4 times with only slight decrease in activity.