Fang Niu, Chang-Chang Liu, Zhi-Min Cui, Jin Zhai, Lei Jiang and Wei-Guo Song
Chem. Commun., 2008, 2803-2805
DOI:
10.1039/B801361F,
Communication
Surface hydroxyl group rich nano-structured solids dramatically increase the rate of several organic reactions; such effect is attributed to the formation of interfacial hydrogen bonds between the surface hydroxyl groups and the reactants; this catalytic effect is versatile and applicable for a broad range of reaction conditions.