O-M-Fre-16 Synergetic Effect of Ce and Al in the Aerobic Oxidative Esterification of Benzyl Alcohol Over Au-Ce-Al Catalysts

Monday, June 3, 2013: 5:00 PM
French (Galt House Hotel)
Elena Smolentseva1, Vinicius V. Costa2, Rafaela F. Cotta2, Sergio Fuentes1, Elena V. Gusevskaya2 and Andrey Simakov3, (1)Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Nanociencias y Nanotecnología, Mexico, (2)Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil, (3)Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico.
Gold catalysts supported on ceria, alumina and Ce-Al-O mixed oxides were quite effective for the liquid-phase oxidative esterification of benzyl alcohol without usage of any base promoter.

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