Enhancing selectivity in oxidation catalysis with sol-gel nanocomposites.
Valuable organic compounds such as alpha-hydroxy acids are easily synthesised with relevant selectivity enhancement using a sol-gel hydrophobized nanostructured silica matrix doped with the organocatalyst TEMPO: A materials science based synthetic route which cannot be achieved via classical homogeneous synthesis.
Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati, CNR, via U. La Malfa 153, 90146, Palermo, Italy.
Pamela
P
Gancitano
Rosaria
R
Ciriminna
Maria Luisa
ML
Testa
Alexandra
A
Fidalgo
Laura M
LM
Ilharco
Mario
M
Pagliaro