Utilisation of gold nanoparticles on amine-functionalised UiO-66 (NH2-UiO-66) nanocrystals for selective tandem catalytic reactions.
Colloidal deposition of gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) onto NH2-UiO-66 nanocrystals has been demonstrated with the resulting hybrid catalyst proving robust and versatile for one-pot, heterogeneous conversions involving the selective oxidation of primary alcohols in tandem with Knoevenagel condensation reactions. Within these systems, structure-property correlations have been established to confirm that the active sites for the oxidation and condensation reactions are intrinsically correlated with the Au NPs and pendant amine groups respectively.
School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK. R.Raja@soton.ac.uk chinde@afcenergy.com and Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 2 Fusionopolis Way, Innovis, #08-03, 138634, Singapore.
Christopher S
CS
Hinde
School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK. R.Raja@soton.ac.uk chinde@afcenergy.com and Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 2 Fusionopolis Way, Innovis, #08-03, 138634, Singapore.
William R
WR
Webb
Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 2 Fusionopolis Way, Innovis, #08-03, 138634, Singapore and Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, 117543, Singapore.
Benny K J
BK
Chew
Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 2 Fusionopolis Way, Innovis, #08-03, 138634, Singapore.
Hui Ru
HR
Tan
Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 2 Fusionopolis Way, Innovis, #08-03, 138634, Singapore and College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China. whzhang@suda.edu.cn.
Wen-Hua
WH
Zhang
Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 2 Fusionopolis Way, Innovis, #08-03, 138634, Singapore and Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, 117543, Singapore.
T S Andy
TS
Hor
School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK. R.Raja@soton.ac.uk chinde@afcenergy.com.
Robert
R
Raja