Inhibition of a Gold-Based Catalyst in Benzyl Alcohol Oxidation: Understanding and Remediation

Benzyl alcohol oxidation was carried out in toluene as solvent, in the presence of the potentially inhibiting oxidation products benzaldehyde and benzoic acid. Benzoic acid, or a product of benzoic acid, is identified to be the inhibiting species. The presence of a basic potassium salt (K2CO3 or KF) suppresses this inhibition, but promotes the...

Synthesis of zeolite composites with hierarchical porosity

Transfer hydrogenations and kinetic resolutions

Chapter 1 is a review on homogeneous transfer hydrogenations. It shows the different reaction mechanisms involved for different types of catalysts. Additionally, the importance of the right choice of hydrogen donors and solvents is discussed. A wide range of compounds can be reduced in this way and the selectivity of these catalysts is very high...