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APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL
Volume 425, Issue -, Pages 85-90Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2012.03.006
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Metal oxides; Gold nanoparticles; Ammoxidation; Nitrile hydration; Alcohol
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- JST-CREST
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan [21750160]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [21750160] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Transition metal oxides (MnO2, Co3O4, and NiO) are catalytically active for the ammoxidation of alcohols to nitriles. In particular, MnO2 exhibited remarkably high catalytic activity and selectivity for the ammoxidation of alcohols to produce nitriles. Benzyl alcohol could also be directly converted to benzonitrile by MnO2 catalyst by the one-pot ammoxidation and the hydration with water which was formed by the first ammoxidation step. The deposition of gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) onto MnO2 did not enhance the ammoxidation of benzyl alcohol but promoted the hydration of benzonitrile to produce benzamide with high selectivity. In contrast, Au NPs supported on Al2O3. CuO, and CeO2 catalyzed the ammoxidation of benzyl alcohol, whereas these metal oxides themselves were inactive for the ammoxidation or showed low catalytic activity. These results have demonstrated that gold is intrinsically active as a catalyst for the ammoxidation of alcohols. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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