Issue 7, 2002
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Chemical Communications

Selective oxidation of glycerol to glyceric acid using a gold catalyst in aqueous sodium hydroxide

Silvio Carrettin,a   Paul McMorn,a   Peter Johnston,b   Ken Griffinb  and  Graham J. Hutchings*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Cardiff University, P.O. Box 912, Cardiff, UK
E-mail: hutch@cardiff.ac.uk

b Johnson Matthey, Orchard Road, Herts, Royston, UK

Abstract

Glycerol is oxidised to glyceric acid with 100% selectivity using either 1% Au/charcoal or 1% Au/graphite catalyst under mild reaction conditions (60 °C, 3 h, water as solvent).

Graphical abstract: Selective oxidation of glycerol to glyceric acid using a gold catalyst in aqueous sodium hydroxide

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B201112N
Article type
Communication
Submitted
29 Jan 2002
Accepted
19 Feb 2002
First published
05 Mar 2002

Chem. Commun., 2002, 696-697

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Selective oxidation of glycerol to glyceric acid using a gold catalyst in aqueous sodium hydroxide

S. Carrettin, P. McMorn, P. Johnston, K. Griffin and G. J. Hutchings, Chem. Commun., 2002, 696 DOI: 10.1039/B201112N

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