Dioxygen oxidation of 1-phenylethanol with gold nanoparticles and N-hydroxyphthalimide in ionic liquid

H Hosseini-Monfared, H Meyer, C Janiak

Index: Hosseini-Monfared, Hassan; Meyer, Hajo; Janiak, Christoph Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 2013 , vol. 372, p. 72 - 78

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Abstract

Gold nanoparticles (Au-NPs) of 8nm average diameter were obtained by thermal reduction under nitrogen from KAuCl4 in the presence of n-butylimidazol dispersed in the ionic liquid (IL) 1-n-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (BMIm+ BF4−). Characterization of the Au-NP was done by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and dynamic light scattering (DLS). Catalytic activities of the Au-NP/IL dispersion were evaluated in the oxidation of 1- ...