Gas phase oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes or ketones catalysed by supported gold.
Primary and secondary aliphatic alcohols are smoothly oxidised by air to the corresponding carbonyl derivatives with high selectivity using 1% Au on silica.
Biella
Serena
S
Department of Inorganic, Metallorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Unit V of INCA Consortium, Centro CNR, Via G, Venezian 21 20133, Italy.
Rossi
Michele
M