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Chem. Commun., 2006, 3178 - 3180, DOI: 10.1039/b606257a

Unique gold chemoselectivity for the aerobic oxidation of allylic alcohols

Alberto Abad, Carles Almela, Avelino Corma and Hermenegildo García

Gold nanoparticles supported on nanocrystalline ceria has been found to be more active and chemoselective than palladium and gold(core)–palladium(shell) nanoparticles for the aerobic oxidation of allylic alcohols.

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