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Synfacts 2008(10): 1109-1109  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1078199
Polymer-Supported Synthesis
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Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols with Carbon-Supported Pt Catalyst

Contributor(s): Yasuhiro Uozumi, Takao Osako
Y. H. Ng, S. Ikeda*, T. Harada, Y. Morita, M. Matsumura
Osaka University, Japan
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22 September 2008 (online)

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Significance

Platinum nanoparticles embedded in the porous wall of a hollow carbon shell (nPt@hC) catalyzed the aerobic oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols in water to afford the corresponding carbonyl products with 42-99% conversion (5 examples). In the oxidation of 1-phenylethanol, the catalyst was reused twice without significant loss of catalytic activity (76% conversions for 1st and 2nd reuse runs).