Surface ligands enhance the catalytic activity of supported Au nanoparticles for the aerobic α-oxidation of amines to amides
Puranjan Chatterjee, Hsin Wang, J. Sebastián Manzano, Uddhav Kanbur, Aaron D. Sadow, Igor I. Slowing
Abstract
Surface ligands control the electronic properties of supported Au nanoparticles and thereby regulate their catalytic activity for the selective aerobic oxidation of amines to amides.
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CatalysisChemistryNanoparticleCombinatorial chemistrySurface modificationOrganic chemistryNanotechnologyMaterials sciencePhysical chemistryNanomaterials for catalytic reactionsAsymmetric Hydrogenation and CatalysisCatalytic Processes in Materials Science