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Synfacts 2010(5): 0612-0612  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1219735
Polymer-Supported Synthesis
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Oxidant-Free Dehydrogenation of Alcohols with Au/HT

Contributor(s): Yasuhiro Uozumi, Takao Osako
W. Fang, Q. Zhang*, J. Chen, W. Deng, Y. Wang*
Xiamen University, P. R. of China
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Publication Date:
22 April 2010 (online)

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Significance

Gold nanoparticles on hydrotalcites (0.06 wt% Au/HT) catalyzed the dehydrogenation of alcohols to give the corresponding carbonyl products in 31 to >99% conversion with >99% ­selectivity (12 examples). In the dehydrogenation of benzyl alcohol the catalyst was recovered and reused five times without significant loss of the catalytic activity.