Dan I. Enache

TL;DR: It is shown that Au/Pd-TiO2 catalysts give very high turnover frequencies (up to 270,000 turnovers per hour) for the oxidation of alcohols, including primary alkyl alcohols and the addition of Au to Pd nanocrystals improved the overall selectivity.

TL;DR: It is shown that nanocrystalline gold catalysts can provide tunable active catalysts for the oxidation of alkenes using air, with exceptionally high selectivity to partial oxidation products and significant conversions.

TL;DR: It is reported here that supported gold-palladium nanoparticles on carbon or TiO2 are active for the oxidation of the primary carbon-hydrogen bonds in toluene and related molecules, giving high selectivities to benzyl benzoate under mild solvent-free conditions.

TL;DR: In this paper, supported Au catalysts are investigated for the oxidation of primary alcohols under solvent-free conditions in the absence of base, particularly with Au/CeO2, whereas for more acidic supports, e.g., Fe2O3, the results show that using Au catalyst in solvent free conditions gives very high turnover frequencies for the synthesis of the aldehydes with 100% selectivity (150 h−1 and 26 h− 1 for benzyl alcohol and octan-1-ol, respectively), which are comparable to the best reported to

TL;DR: In situ X-ray diffraction analysis was performed for several thermal treatment protocols for zirconia-and alumina-supported cobalt catalysts as discussed by the authors, and it was found that the reduction of nitrate precursor leads to weaker metal-support interactions than in the case of calcined catalysts and increases the quantity of amorphous or poorly crystalline hexagonal metallic cobalt.