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A highly active Au/Al2O3 catalyst for cyclohexane oxidation using molecular oxygen

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The selective oxidation of cyclohexane to cyclohexanone and cyclohexanol has been investigated over Au/Al2O3 catalysts using molecular oxygen in a solvent-free system. The catalysts were prepared by a modified direct anionic exchange method and characterized by AAS, N2 adsorption and TEM. The results showed that the catalytic performance of Au/Al2O3 is very high in terms of turnover frequency. Moreover, the nano-size effect of gold is also reported in the reaction.

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Financial support by the National Natural Science Foudation of China (No. 20376073) is gratefully acknowledged.

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    Li-Xin Xu, Chao-Hong He, Ming-Qiao Zhu & Sheng Fang

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Xu, LX., He, CH., Zhu, MQ. et al. A highly active Au/Al2O3 catalyst for cyclohexane oxidation using molecular oxygen. Catal Lett 114, 202–205 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-007-9058-0

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