Gold catalysts display high activity and good selectivity for partial oxidation of a number of alcohol species. In this work, we discuss the effects of oxygen adatoms and surface hydroxyls on the selectivity for oxidation of allylic alcohols (allyl alcohol and crotyl alcohol) on gold surfaces. Utilizing temperature programmed desorption (TPD), reactive molecular beam scattering (RMBS), and dens...

Porous carbon supports and antimony addition to palladium led synergistic effects on the electrocatalytic performance for biomass-derived alcohol oxidation reactions.

Polysaccharides from natural sources and iron precursors were applied to develop new bio-nanocomposites by mechanochemical milling processes. The proposed methodology was demonstrated to be advantageous in comparison with other protocols for the synthesis of iron oxide based nanostructures. Additionally, mechanochemistry has enormous potential from an environmental point-of-view since it is abl...

The enzyme activity of alcohol dehydrogenases 4W6Z and 1MG5 demonstrated good agreement with the calculated a-carbon atomic partial charges of the substrates. The correlation coefficients were found to be more than 0.8 (n = 9) for both the oxidation and reduction reactions. The stereo structure of cinnamylalcohol dehydrogenase (ELI3-2) was constructed modification in 1PIW (cinnamyl alcohol dehy...

In the presence of MeI or EtI, N-tert-butyl-1,3-thiazoline-2-thione derivatives undergo a transformation to 2-alkylthio-thiazoledithiolate pro-ligands with elimination of the tert-butyl substituent. The corresponding Au(III) dithiolene complexes [Au(RS-tzdt)2](-) (R = Me, Et) oxidize readily to the neutral radical species, such as the semi-conducting [Au(EtS-tzdt)2]˙, which organizes into dimer...

The selective oxidation of alcohols into carbonyl compounds using dioxygen in lieu of toxic or corrosive stoichiometric oxidants such as ClO , Cr, and Cl2, is one of the most challenging functional group transformations. The oxidation of alcohols using dioxygen as the oxidant has been successfully realized by using noble-metal and transitionmetal complexes for catalysis. TiO2 photocatalysis has...

Lignin composition (monolignol types of coniferyl, sinapyl or p-coumaryl alcohol) is causally related to biomass recalcitrance. We describe multiwavelength (220, 228, 240, 250, 260, 290, 295, 300, 310 or 320 nm) absorption spectroscopy of coniferyl alcohol and its laccase- or peroxidase-catalyzed products during real time kinetic, pseudokinetic and endpoint analyses, in optical turn on or turn ...

The catalyst palladium/2,9-CD3-phenanthroline has a 1.8 times higher turnover number than its non-deuterated counterpart in the aerobic alcohol oxidation of methyl glucoside and allows the regioselective oxidation with dioxygen as the terminal oxidant.

The catalytic activity of Pt/CNT for benzyl alcohol aerobic oxidation was remarkably improved by decorating iron oxide on Pt nanoparticles, and electrochemical measurements evidenced the enhanced activation of oxygen and benzyl alcohol at the FeO(x)/Pt interface.

Analysis of photoelectrochemical oxidation benzyl alcohol reveals a non-electrochemical UV-light process, with huge impact on the reaction performance.