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Chapter 2<br />

All That Glitters is not Gold – Selective Liquid-<br />

Phase <strong>Oxidation</strong> Catalysis with Heterogeneous<br />

Copper and Silver Catalysts in Comparison to Gold<br />

Abstract<br />

8<br />

Gold as an active material for oxidation<br />

catalysis has received a great deal of attention<br />

in the recent years. This overview will focus on<br />

silver and copper, covering all coinage metals.<br />

Both metals also have shown a considerable<br />

potential as heterogeneous catalysts for<br />

different selective oxidation reactions in the<br />

liquid phase. For many oxidation reactions, the<br />

efforts which were put in gold‐related research<br />

have brought forward gold catalysts with high<br />

Coinage metal catalysts.<br />

catalytic performance. Cu and Ag can profit from the extensive knowledge on Au catalysts due to<br />

similarities between the coinage metals. As an example, alcohol oxidation which was first studied<br />

over gold catalysts can also be efficiently catalyzed by silver. Synthesis techniques from gold catalysts<br />

can be adapted for copper and silver but their complex chemistry requires specialized routes for<br />

catalyst synthesis. Thus, common synthesis techniques will be summarized highlighting important<br />

design principles. Available literature on oxidation reactions catalyzed by silver and copper and – if<br />

not already described by other recent reviews – gold will be summarized. The strengths and<br />

opportunities of the three metals will be discussed and compared stressing out the chances of Cu<br />

and Ag thereby showing that the two metals are not necessarily competitors of gold but often<br />

complementary. Opportunities for further research will be outlined.

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