Selective oxidation of glycerol by highly active bimetallic catalysts at ambient temperature under base-free conditions

Gemma L. Brett*, Qian He, Ceri Hammond, Peter J. Miedziak, Nikolaos Dimitratos, Meenakshisundaram Sankar, Andrew A. Herzing, Marco Conte, Jose Antonio Lopez-Sanchez, Christopher J. Kiely, Stuart H. Taylor, Graham J. Hutchings, David Knight

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Abstract

Au-Pt alloy nanoparticles deposited on Mg(OH) 2 (see STEM-HAADF image) show high activity in the selective oxidation of polyols using molecular oxygen as oxidant at mild and base-free conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)10136-10139
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume50
Issue number43
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 Oct 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • alloys
  • gold
  • heterogeneous catalysis
  • nanoparticles
  • platinum

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