The pre-pilot scale synthesis of 1-phenylethanol was carried out by the cathodic hydrogenation of acetophenone in a 100 cm 2 (geometric area) Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Electrochemical Reactor. The cathode was a Pd/C electrode. Hydrogen oxidation on a gas diffusion electrode was chosen as anodic reaction in order to take advantage of the hydrogen evolved during the reduction. This hydrogen ox...

Denitrifying strain EbN1 utilizes either ethylbenzene or toluene as the sole source of organic carbon under strictly anoxic conditions. When cells were grown on ethylbenzene, 1-phenylethanol and acetophenone were detected in the culture supernatant. However, these two compounds were not observed when cells were grown on benzoate. Growth on ethylbenzene, 1-phenylethanol, or acetophenone strictly...

The hydrogenation of ethanediol 1-phenylethenylboronic ester was carried out at -20 °C under the atmosphere of hydrogen (9 atms) in the presence of [Rh(cod)2]BF4/(R)-BINAP (3 mol%). After alkaline hydrogen peroxide oxidation, the reaction gave 1-phenylethanol with 80%ee.

Enterococcal L-forms were lysed by phenylethanol, as shown by turbidimetric analysis and electron microscopy.

Controlling the selectivity of a chemical reaction with external stimuli is common in thermal processes, but rare visible-light photocatalysis. Here we show that redox potential carbon nitride photocatalyst (CN-OA-m) can be tuned by changing irradiation wavelength to generate electron holes different oxidation potentials. This tuning was key realizing photo-chemo-enzymatic cascades give either ...

Aerobic oxidation of alcohols in the liquid phase proceeded smoothly in the presence of nanoporous gold catalyst. The catalyst is reusable multiple times without leaching and loss of the catalytic activity. The reaction was applied successfully to a flow system. Adsorptions of O(2) and 1-phenylethanol into the AuNPore were confirmed by TDS analysis.