| Literature DB >> 19199320 |
Bingjun Xu1, Xiaoying Liu, Jan Haubrich, Robert J Madix, Cynthia M Friend.
Abstract
The Midas touch: The low-temperature transformation of methanol to methyl formate, formaldehyde, and formic acid is promoted by atomic oxygen adsorbed on metallic gold (see picture). The reactions occur with O-containing Au nanoparticles formed on Au(111) upon oxidation with ozone at 200 K; the facile esterification to methyl formate occurs well below room temperature.Entities:
Year: 2009 PMID: 19199320 DOI: 10.1002/anie.200805404
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl ISSN: 1433-7851 Impact factor: 15.336