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oxidation of primary alcohols to methyl esters catalyzed by a heterogeneous gold catalyst.
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(2008) Aerobic oxidation of aldehydes under ambient conditions using supported gold nanoparticle catalysts. Green Chem 10:168–170. https://doi.org/10.1039/B712171G
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ChemSusChem 1:75–78. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.200700033
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methanol using gold catalysts. Catal Lett 128:493–501. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-0089782-0
109. Pazhavelikkakath Purushothaman RK, van Haveren J, van Es DS, Melián-Cabrera I, Heeres
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1039/c2gc35226e
110. Kotionova T, Lee C, Miedziak PJ, Dummer NF, Willock DJ, Carley AF, Morgan DJ, Knight
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1,3-propanediols. Catal Lett 142:1114–1120. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-012-0872-7
111. Taarning E, Madsen AT, Marchetti JM, Egeblad K, Christensen CH (2008) Oxidation of
glycerol and propanediols in methanol over heterogeneous gold catalysts. Green Chem
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hetero-junction effect in PVP-stabilized Au 13 clusters. The role of PVP in their catalytic
activities. Chem Phys Lett 459:133–136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2008.04.120
96. Comotti M, Della Pina C, Matarrese R, Rossi M (2004) The catalytic activity of “naked” gold
particles. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 43:5812–5815. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200460446
97. Sakata K, Koga H, Ishida T, Aimoto J, Tokunaga M, Okumura M (2015) Theoretical
investigation for isomerization of allylic alcohols over Au 6 cluster. Gold Bull 48:31–37.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13404-015-0157-1
98. Corma A, Domine ME (2005) Gold supported on a mesoporous CeO 2 matrix as an efficient
catalyst in the selective aerobic oxidation of aldehydes in the liquid phase. Chem Commun
32:4042–4044. https://doi.org/10.1039/b506685a
99. Biella S, Prati L, Rossi M (2003) Gold catalyzed oxidation of aldehydes in liquid phase. J Mol
Catal A Chem 197:207–212. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1381-1169(02)00618-0
100. Christensen CH, Jørgensen B, Rass-Hansen J, Egeblad K, Madsen R, Klitgaard SK, Hansen
SM, Hansen MR, Andersen HC, Riisager A (2006) Formation of acetic acid by aqueous-phase
oxidation of ethanol with air in the presence of a heterogeneous gold catalyst. Angew Chem Int
Ed Engl 45:4648–4651. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200601180
101. Jørgensen B, Egholm Christiansen S, Dahl Thomsen ML, Christensen CH (2007) Aerobic
oxidation of aqueous ethanol using heterogeneous gold catalysts: efficient routes to acetic acid
and ethyl acetate. J Catal 251:332–337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2007.08.004
102. Tembe SM, Patrick G, Scurrell MS (2009) Acetic acid production by selective oxidation of
ethanol using Au catalysts supported on various metal oxide. Gold Bull 42:321–327. https://
doi.org/10.1007/BF03214954
103. Takei T, Suenaga J, Ishida T, Haruta M (2015) Ethanol oxidation in water catalyzed by gold
nanoparticles supported on NiO doped with Cu. Top Catal 58:295–301. https://doi.org/10.
1007/s11244-015-0370-4
104. Ishida T, Ogihara Y, Ohashi H, Akita T, Honma T, Oji H, Haruta M (2012) Base-free direct
oxidation of 1-octanol to octanoic acid and its octyl ester over supported gold catalysts.
ChemSusChem 5:2243–2248. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201200324
105. Nielsen IS, Taarning E, Egeblad K, Madsen R, Christensen CH (2007) Direct aerobic
oxidation of primary alcohols to methyl esters catalyzed by a heterogeneous gold catalyst.
Catal Lett 116:35–40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-007-9086-9
106. Marsden C, Taarning E, Hansen D, Johansen L, Klitgaard SK, Egeblad K, Christensen CH
(2008) Aerobic oxidation of aldehydes under ambient conditions using supported gold nanoparticle catalysts. Green Chem 10:168–170. https://doi.org/10.1039/B712171G
107. Taarning E, Nielsen IS, Egeblad K, Madsen R, Christensen CH (2008) Chemicals from
renewables: aerobic oxidation of furfural and hydroxymethylfurfural over gold catalysts.
ChemSusChem 1:75–78. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.200700033
108. Liu G, Li G, Song H (2009) Direct synthesis of methyl propionate from n-propyl alcohol and
methanol using gold catalysts. Catal Lett 128:493–501. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-0089782-0
109. Pazhavelikkakath Purushothaman RK, van Haveren J, van Es DS, Melián-Cabrera I, Heeres
HJ (2012) The oxidative esterification of glycerol to methyl glycerate in methanol using gold
on oxidic supports: an insight in product selectivity. Green Chem 14:2031. https://doi.org/10.
1039/c2gc35226e
110. Kotionova T, Lee C, Miedziak PJ, Dummer NF, Willock DJ, Carley AF, Morgan DJ, Knight
DW, Taylor SH, Hutchings GJ (2012) Oxidative esterification of homologous
1,3-propanediols. Catal Lett 142:1114–1120. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-012-0872-7
111. Taarning E, Madsen AT, Marchetti JM, Egeblad K, Christensen CH (2008) Oxidation of
glycerol and propanediols in methanol over heterogeneous gold catalysts. Green Chem
10:408. https://doi.org/10.1039/b714292g
44
T. Ishida et al.