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132. Pinna F, Olivo A, Trevisan V, Menegazzo F, Signoretto M, Manzoli M, Boccuzzi F (2013)
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133. Menegazzo F, Fantinel T, Signoretto M, Pinna F, Manzoli M (2014) On the process for
furfural and HMF oxidative esterification over Au/ZrO 2 . J Catal 319:61–70. https://doi.org/10.
1016/j.jcat.2014.07.017
134. Menegazzo F, Signoretto M, Pinna F, Manzoli M, Aina V, Cerrato G, Boccuzzi F (2014)
Oxidative esterification of renewable furfural on gold-based catalysts: which is the best
support? J Catal 309:241–247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2013.10.005
135. Menegazzo F, Signoretto M, Marchese D, Pinna F, Manzoli M (2015) Structure-activity
relationships of Au/ZrO 2 catalysts for 5-hydroxymethylfurfural oxidative esterification: effects
of zirconia sulphation on gold dispersion, position and shape. J Catal 326:1–8. https://doi.org/
10.1016/j.jcat.2015.03.006
136. Ampelli C, Centi G, Genovese C, Papanikolaou G, Pizzi R, Perathoner S, van Putten RJ,
Schouten KJP, Gluhoi AC, van der Waal JC (2016) A comparative catalyst evaluation for the
selective oxidative esterification of furfural. Top Catal 59:1659–1667. https://doi.org/10.1007/
s11244-016-0675-y
137. Ampelli C, Barbera K, Centi G, Genovese C, Papanikolaou G, Perathoner S, Schouten KJ, van
der Waal JK (2016) On the nature of the active sites in the selective oxidative esterification of
furfural on Au/ZrO 2 catalysts. Catal Today 278:56–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2016.
04.023
138. Su FZ, Ni J, Sun H, Cao Y, He Y, Fan KN (2008) Gold supported on nanocrystalline β-Ga 2 O 3
as a versatile bifunctional catalyst for facile oxidative transformation of alcohols, aldehydes,
and acetals into esters. Chem Eur J 14:7131–7135. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.200800982
139. Taketoshi A, Ishida T, Murayama T, Honma T, Haruta M (2019) Applied catalysis A, general
oxidative esterification of aliphatic aldehydes and alcohols with ethanol over gold nanoparticle
catalysts in batch and continuous flow reactors. Appl Catal A Gen 585:117169. https://doi.org/
10.1016/j.apcata.2019.117169
140. Ke Y, Qin X, Liu C, Yang R, Dong W (2014) Oxidative esterification of ethylene glycol in
methanol to form methyl glycolate over supported Au catalysts. Catal Sci Technol
4:3141–3150. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CY00556B
141. Liu P, Li C, Hensen EJM (2012) Efficient tandem synthesis of methyl esters and imines by
using versatile hydrotalcite-supported gold nanoparticles. Chem Eur J 18:12122–12129.
https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201202077
46
T. Ishida et al.