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Professor King Kuok (Mimi) Hii

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry

Professor of Catalysis
 
 
 
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401KMolecular Sciences Research HubWhite City Campus

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Roberts:2018:10.1039/C8RE00085A,
author = {Roberts, F and Richard, C and Zemichael, F and Hii, KM and Hellgardt, K and Brennan, C and Sale, D},
doi = {10.1039/C8RE00085A},
journal = {Reaction Chemistry and Engineering},
pages = {942--948},
title = {Base-free, tunable, Au-catalyzed oxidative esterification of alcohols in continuous flow},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8RE00085A},
volume = {3},
year = {2018}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Under continuous flow conditions, hydrogen peroxide oxidizes primary alcohols (cinnamyl alcohol, decenol, decanol and benzyl alcohol) in methanol over Au/TiO2, without the need for added base. While the allylic alcohols afforded conjugated aldehydes, aliphatic and benzylic alcohols afforded acids or esters. Selectivity for either product can be achieved by adjusting the reaction parameters. Kinetic studies revealed that the formation of the easter is faster than that of the acid, due to a greater pre-organization (larger ln A) attributed to the more favourable formation of the hemiacetal intermediate.
AU  - Roberts,F
AU  - Richard,C
AU  - Zemichael,F
AU  - Hii,KM
AU  - Hellgardt,K
AU  - Brennan,C
AU  - Sale,D
DO  - 10.1039/C8RE00085A
EP  - 948
PY  - 2018///
SN  - 2058-9883
SP  - 942
TI  - Base-free, tunable, Au-catalyzed oxidative esterification of alcohols in continuous flow
T2  - Reaction Chemistry and Engineering
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8RE00085A
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/64754
VL  - 3
ER  -
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