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Varma RS, Zboril R (2014) Magnetic gold nanocatalyst (nanocat-Fe–Au): catalytic applications for the oxidative esterification and hydrogen transfer reactions. Green Chem
16:4137–4143. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4GC00774C
113. Rautiainen S, Simakova O, Guo H, Leino AR, Kordás K, Murzin D, Leskelä M, Repo T
(2014) Solvent controlled catalysis: synthesis of aldehyde, acid or ester by selective oxidation
of benzyl alcohol with gold nanoparticles on alumina. Appl Catal A Gen 485:202–206. https://
doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2014.08.003
114. Chng LL, Yang J, Ying JY (2015) Efficient synthesis of amides and esters from alcohols under
aerobic ambient conditions catalyzed by a Au/mesoporous Al 2 O 3 nanocatalyst.
ChemSusChem 8:1916–1925. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201403469
115. Bernini R, Cacchi S, Fabrizi G, Niembro S, Prastaro A, Shafir A, Vallribera A (2009)
Perfluoro-tagged gold nanoparticles immobilized on fluorous silica gel: a reusable catalyst
for the benign oxidation and oxidative esterification of alcohols. ChemSusChem 2:1036–1040.
https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.200900211
116. Oliveira RL, Kiyohara PK, Rossi LM (2009) Clean preparation of methyl esters in one-step
oxidative esterification of primary alcohols catalyzed by supported gold nanoparticles. Green
Chem 11:1366. https://doi.org/10.1039/b902499a
117. Hao Y, Chong Y, Li S, Yang H (2012) Controlled synthesis of Au nanoparticles in the
nanocages of SBA-16: improved activity and enhanced recyclability for the oxidative esterification of alcohols. J Phys Chem C 116:6512–6519. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp2093252
118. Buonerba A, Noschese A, Grassi A (2014) Highly efficient direct aerobic oxidative esterification of cinnamyl alcohol with alkyl alcohols catalysed by gold nanoparticles incarcerated in
a nanoporous polymer matrix: a tool for investigating the role of the polymer host. Chem Eur J
20:5478–5486. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201303880
119. Buonerba A, Impemba S, Litta AD, Capacchione C, Milione S, Grassi A (2018) Aerobic
oxidation and oxidative esterification of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural by gold nanoparticles
supported on nanoporous polymer host matrix. ChemSusChem 11:3139–3149. https://doi.
org/10.1002/cssc.201801560
120. Mondal P, Salam N, Mondal A, Ghosh K, Tuhina K, Islam SM (2015) A highly active
recyclable gold-graphene nanocomposite material for oxidative esterification and Suzuki
cross-coupling reactions in green pathway. J Colloid Interface Sci 459:97–106. https://doi.
org/10.1016/j.jcis.2015.07.072
121. Gawande MB, Rathi AK, Gawande MB, Datta KKR, Ranc V, Cepe K, Petr M, Varma RS,
Kvitek L, Zboril R (2016) Gold nanoparticle-decorated graphene oxide: synthesis and application in oxidation reactions under benign conditions. J Mol Catal A Chem 424:121–127.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcata.2016.07.047
122. Ning L, Liao S, Liu X, Guo P, Zhang Z, Zhang H, Tong X (2018) A regulatable oxidative
valorization of furfural with aliphatic alcohols catalyzed by functionalized metal-organic
frameworks-supported Au nanoparticles. J Catal 364:1–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.
2018.04.030
123. Costa VV, Estrada M, Demidova Y, Prosvirin I, Kriventsov V, Cotta RF, Fuentes S,
Simakov A, Gusevskaya EV (2012) Gold nanoparticles supported on magnesium oxide as
catalysts for the aerobic oxidation of alcohols under alkali-free conditions. J Catal
292:148–156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2012.05.009
124. Wan X, Deng W, Zhang Q, Wang Y (2014) Magnesia-supported gold nanoparticles as
efficient catalysts for oxidative esterification of aldehydes or alcohols with methanol to methyl
esters. Catal Today 233:147–154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2013.12.012
125. Paul B, Khatun R, Sharma SK, Adak S, Singh G, Das D, Siddiqui N, Bhandari S, Joshi V,
Sasaki T, Bal R (2019) Fabrication of Au nanoparticles supported on one-dimensional La 2 O 3
nanorods for selective esterification of methacrolein to methyl methacrylate with molecular
oxygen. ACS Sustain Chem Eng 7:3982–3994. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.
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