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Aerobic oxidation of alcohols in visible light on Pd-grafted Ti cluster
Citation:
Verma, S., R. Baig, M. Nadagouda, AND R. Varma. Aerobic oxidation of alcohols in visible light on Pd-grafted Ti cluster. TETRAHEDRON. Elsevier, AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, 73(38):5577-5580, (2017). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2016.07.070
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The increasing focus on the utilization of visible light energy is due to its abundant nature and its impeccable tolerance towards the environment. Harvesting visible light and performing chemical transformations with it in a concerted process is a high priority chemical research area. This study strived to utilize the core property of titanium as a photoactive material along with structural modification to create a cluster which could adsorb the atmospheric oxygen and transfer to the reactant in an oxidation process. Accordingly, the nitrogenous titanium cluster was used to immobilize the palladium to develop photoactive gold-free catalyst, and this study demonstrated its application in selective oxidation of alcohols. These results could be applied by chemists considering using visible light to perform chemical transformations.
Description:
The titanium cluster with the reduced band gap has been synthesized having the palladium nanoparticles over the surface, which not only binds to the atmospheric oxygen but also catalyzes the oxidation of alcohols under visible light.
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DOI: Aerobic oxidation of alcohols in visible light on Pd-grafted Ti cluster
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2016.07.070
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