Selectivity Control in Gold‐Mediated Esterification of Methanol
- 19 May 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Angewandte Chemie-International Edition
- Vol. 48 (23), 4206-4209
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200805404
Abstract
The Midas touch: The low-temperature transformation of methanol to methyl formate, formaldehyde, and formic acid is promoted by atomic oxygen adsorbed on metallic gold (see picture). The reactions occur with O-containing Au nanoparticles formed on Au(111) upon oxidation with ozone at 200 K; the facile esterification to methyl formate occurs well below room temperature.Keywords
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