Protodecarboxylation of carboxylic acids over heterogeneous silver catalysts

…, IIB Roslan, GK Chuah, S Jaenicke

Index: Toy, Xiu Yi; Roslan, Irwan Iskandar Bin; Chuah, Gaik Khuan; Jaenicke, Stephan Catalysis Science and Technology, 2014 , vol. 4, # 2 p. 516 - 523

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Abstract

A heterogeneous supported Ag catalyst for the protodecarboxylation of aromatic carboxylic acids has been developed. Control of the metal particle size proved extremely important. The highest activity was achieved with a silver loading of 10 wt%, which had relatively big metal crystallites of 40 nm. It is inferred that the adsorption of the aromatic moiety requires terrace sites rather than edges or corners at the metal nanoparticle. The amphoteric ...