Efficient and selective epoxidation of styrene with TBHP catalyzed by Au(25) clusters on hydroxyapatite.
Au(25) clusters supported on hydroxyapatite oxidized styrene in toluene with 100% conversion and 92% selectivity to the epoxide, under optimum conditions and using anhydrous tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) as an oxidant.
Liu
Yongmei
Y
Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University, Nishi 10, Kita 21, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan.
Tsunoyama
Hironori
H
Akita
Tomoki
T
Tsukuda
Tatsuya
T