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The selective oxidation of alcohols to corresponding aldehydes is one of the most challenging problems in modern chemistry due to over‐oxidation of these products further into corresponding acids and esters.… Click to show full abstract
The selective oxidation of alcohols to corresponding aldehydes is one of the most challenging problems in modern chemistry due to over‐oxidation of these products further into corresponding acids and esters. Herein, we report an efficient and eco‐friendly method for selective oxidation of aliphatic, unsaturated and aromatic alcohols to aldehydes (>90 %) using small size (2 nm) non‐supported colloidal Ru nanoparticles. The selectivity rapidly decreases with increase of the size of nanoparticles (from 2 to 10 nm) or after their deposition over support.
Journal Title: ChemCatChem
Year Published: 2019
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