Issue 47, 2015
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Nanocrystalline cellulose grafted phthalocyanine: a heterogeneous catalyst for selective aerobic oxidation of alcohols and alkyl arenes at room temperature in a green solvent†

Prashant Chauhana  and  Ning Yan*ab  

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a Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, 33 Willcock Street, Toronto, ON, Canada
E-mail: ning.yan@utoronto.ca
Tel: +1-416-946-8070

b Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, 200 College Street, Toronto, ON, Canada

Abstract

Copper-tetrasulfonate phthalocyanine was incorporated on cellulose nanocrystals to act as a high yield, heterogeneous, and selective catalyst for the aerobic oxidation of alcohols and alkyl arenes to the corresponding carbonyl groups in an aqueous green solvent.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4RA16869K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
22 Dec 2014
Accepted
16 Apr 2015
First published
20 Apr 2015

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 37517-37520

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Nanocrystalline cellulose grafted phthalocyanine: a heterogeneous catalyst for selective aerobic oxidation of alcohols and alkyl arenes at room temperature in a green solvent

P. Chauhan and N. Yan, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 37517 DOI: 10.1039/C4RA16869K

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