Chemical Communications

Rate enhancement of hexose sugar oxidation on an ethynylpyridine-functionalized Pt/Al 2 O 3 catalyst with induced chirality

M Waki, S Muratsugu, M Tada

Index: Waki, Minoru; Muratsugu, Satoshi; Tada, Mizuki Chemical Communications, 2013 , vol. 49, # 66 p. 7283 - 7285

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Abstract

Rate enhancement of the selective oxidation of hexoses was achieved on an ethynylpyridine (EPy)-functionalized Pt/Al 2 O 3 catalyst. Host–guest interaction between the EPy ligand and a hexose sugar reactant produced a complex with induced chirality on the catalyst surface.