P-We-106 Aerobic Oxidation Reactions with Highly Selective Gold Nanoparticle Catalysts

Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Ontario Exhibit Hall (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Jerrik Mielby, Søren Kegnæs and Anders Riisager, Centre for Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
Supported gold nanoparticles were demonstrated to be active and highly selective catalysts for a number of oxidation reactions, including the oxidative coupling of alcohols or alcohols and amines to form the corresponding esters, amides and imines, respectively.

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