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pH-Sensitive Gold Nanoparticle Catalysts for the Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols
2011
Gold nanoparticles (NPs) stabilized by carboxylate modified polyvinylpyrrolidone have been prepared and fully characterized. The gold NPs efficiently catalyze the aerobic oxidation of benzyl alcohol in water at ambient temperature and are easily separated from the reaction mixture by lowering the pH of the solution, causing the NPs to precipitate. The mechanism of the precipitation process has been studied. Due to the efficiency of this process, the NPs may be reused as catalysts by readjusting their pH.
Type
research article
Web of Science ID
WOS:000296303900074
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Publication date
2011
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Volume
50
Start page
11069
End page
11074
Peer reviewed
REVIEWED
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December 16, 2011
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