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A Facile Preparation of Highly Active Au/MgO Catalysts for Aerobic Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol

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A facile method was proposed for one-step preparation of Au/MgO. In this method, the Au/MgO kept both basic sites of MgO crystal and low size of gold nanoparticles. Compared with those of Au/MgO prepared by conventional methods, Au/MgO by this method had the highest activity.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Program No. 21343015), Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China (Program No. 2013JM2003), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Program No. GK201302016).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Shaanxi Normal University, Ministry of Education, Xi’an, 710119, People’s Republic of China

    Zhen Wang, Chunli Xu & Hanfei Wang

  2. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, 620 Chang’an West Street, Xi’an, 710119, People’s Republic of China

    Zhen Wang, Chunli Xu & Hanfei Wang

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Wang, Z., Xu, C. & Wang, H. A Facile Preparation of Highly Active Au/MgO Catalysts for Aerobic Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol. Catal Lett 144, 1919–1929 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-014-1344-z

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