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crystal plane effect of ceria on gold catalysis in the oxidative dehydrogenation of alcohols and
amines in the liquid phase. Chem Commun 50:292–294. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3cc46180g
29. Li T, Liu F, Tang Y, Li L, Miao S, Su Y, Zhang J, Huang J, Sun H, Haruta M, Wang A,
Qiao B, Li J, Zhang T (2018) Maximizing the number of interfacial sites in single-atom
catalysts for the highly selective, solvent-free oxidation of primary alcohols. Angew Chem Int
Ed Engl 57:7795–7799. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201803272
30. Dimitratos N, Lopez-Sanchez JA, Morgan D, Carley A, Prati L, Hutchings GJ (2007) Solvent
free liquid phase oxidation of benzyl alcohol using Au supported catalysts prepared using a sol
immobilization technique. Catal Today 122:317–324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2007.
01.002
31. Zheng N, Stucky GD (2007) Promoting gold nanocatalysts in solvent-free selective aerobic
oxidation of alcohols. Chem Commun 1:3862–3864. https://doi.org/10.1039/b706864f
32. Kimmerle B, Grunwaldt JD, Baiker A (2007) Gold catalysed selective oxidation of alcohols in
supercritical carbon dioxide. Top Catal 44:285–292. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-0070301-0
33. Huang J, Dai WL, Li H, Fan K (2007) Au/TiO 2 as high efficient catalyst for the selective
oxidative cyclization of 1,4-butanediol to γ-butyrolactone. J Catal 252:69–76. https://doi.org/
10.1016/j.jcat.2007.09.011
34. Abad A, Corma A, García H (2008) Catalyst parameters determining activity and selectivity of
supported gold nanoparticles for the aerobic oxidation of alcohols: the molecular reaction
mechanism. Chem Eur J 14:212–222. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.200701263
35. Haider P, Kimmerle B, Krumeich F, Kleist W, Grunwaldt JD, Baiker A (2008) Gold-catalyzed
aerobic oxidation of benzyl alcohol: effect of gold particle size on activity and selectivity in
different solvents. Catal Lett 125:169–176. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-008-9567-5
36. Yang X, Wang X, Liang C, Su W, Wang C, Feng Z, Li C, Qiu J (2008) Aerobic oxidation of
alcohols over Au/TiO 2 : an insight on the promotion effect of water on the catalytic activity of
Au/TiO 2 . Catal Commun 9:2278–2281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2008.05.021
37. Fristrup P, Johansen LB, Christensen CH (2008) Mechanistic investigation of the goldcatalyzed aerobic oxidation of alcohols. Catal Lett 120:184–190. https://doi.org/10.1007/
s10562-007-9301-8
38. Xu J, Wang Y, Cao Y, He Z, Zhao L, Etim UJ, Bai P, Yan Z, Wu P (2019) What is the effect of
Sn and Mo oxides on gold catalysts for selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol? New J Chem
43:2591–2599. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8NJ05642K
39. Berndt H, Pitsch I, Evert S, Struve K, Pohl MM, Radnik J, Martin A (2003) Oxygen adsorption
on Au/Al 2 O 3 catalysts and relation to the catalytic oxidation of ethylene glycol to glycolic
acid. Appl Catal A Gen 244:169–179. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0926-860X(02)00575-6
40. Su FZ, Chen M, Wang LC, Huang XS, Liu YM, Cao Y, He HY, Fan KN (2008) Aerobic
oxidation of alcohols catalyzed by gold nanoparticles supported on gallia polymorphs. Catal
Commun 9:1027–1032. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2007.10.010
41. Su FZ, Liu YM, Wang LC, Cao Y, He HY, Fan KN (2008) Ga-Al mixed-oxide-supported gold
nanoparticles with enhanced activity for aerobic alcohol oxidation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
47:334–337. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200704370
42. Huang R, Fu Y, Zeng W, Zhang L, Wang D (2017) The facile approach to fabricate gold
nanoparticles and their application on the hydration and dehydrogenation reactions. J
Organomet Chem 851:46–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2017.09.016
43. Choudhary VR, Dumbre DK (2011) Solvent-free selective oxidation of primary alcohols-toaldehydes and aldehydes-to-carboxylic acids by molecular oxygen over MgO-supported nanogold catalyst. Catal Commun 13:82–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2011.07.001
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