Heterogeneously Catalyzed Oxidation Reactions Using ... - CHEC

2.3.8 Oxidation of sulfides ...................................................................................................................53
2.3.9 Oxidation of silanes ....................................................................................................................54
2.4 Strengths and opportunities of coinage metals as oxidation catalysts .............................................56
2.4.1 Catalysis by gold .........................................................................................................................58
2.4.2 Catalysis by copper .....................................................................................................................59
2.4.3 Catalysis by silver ........................................................................................................................61
2.4.4 Cascade reactions .......................................................................................................................62
2.4.5 Catalyst deactivation ..................................................................................................................63
2.4.6 (Some) opportunities for further research .................................................................................64
2.5 Conclusions and outlook ...................................................................................................................66
2.6 References .........................................................................................................................................67
3. Selective Liquid‐Phase Oxidation of Alcohols Catalyzed by a Silver‐Based Catalyst Promoted by the
Presence of Ceria .........................................................................................................................................77
3.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................78
3.2 Experimental .....................................................................................................................................79
3.2.1 Catalyst preparation ...................................................................................................................79
3.2.2 Catalyst testing ...........................................................................................................................79
3.2.3 Inductively‐coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP‐MS) .........................................................80
3.2.4 Characterization .........................................................................................................................80
3.3 Results ...............................................................................................................................................81
3.3.1 Synthesis of silver catalysts and catalyst screening ...................................................................81
3.3.2 Investigation of the collaborative behavior of the Ag/SiO2 – CeO2 system ...............................83
3.3.3 Influence of the catalyst synthesis and calcination procedure ..................................................86
3.3.4 Effects of reaction conditions and reaction time .......................................................................88
3.3.5 Extension to further alcohols and comparison to other noble metal catalysts .........................92
3.4 Discussion ..........................................................................................................................................94
3.5 Conclusions ........................................................................................................................................97
3.6 References .........................................................................................................................................98
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