P-Tu-B-185 Aerobic Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol in Methanol Solutions over Au Nanoparticles: Mg(OH)2vs MgO As the Support

Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Ballroom B (Lawrence Convention Center)
Miguel Estrada1, Andrey Simakov1, Sergio Fuentes1, Elena V. Gusevskaya2, Sergey Beloshapkin3, Vinicius V. Costa2 and Evgenii Stoyanov4, (1)Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Nanociencias y Nanotecnología, Mexico, (2)Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil, (3)University of Limerick, Ireland, (4)University of California, USA.

  • The starting MgO support was fully transformed into the Mg(OH)2 phase during the DP procedure. The FTIR analysis showed higher ability of the Au/MgO surface to adsorb benzyl alcohol and benzaldehyde. Probably for this reason, the Au/MgO catalyst exhibited ca. 50 % higher catalytic activity in the aerobic oxidation

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