Supported Gold and Silver Nanoparticles for Catalytic Deoxygenation of Epoxides into Alkenes

摘要

Some metal nanoparticles (NPs) have been shown to have unprecedented catalytic performance which far exceeds those of conventional metal complex catalysts. Especially, gold and silver NPs are known to exhibit outstanding catalytic ability in the aerobic epoxidation of propene and styrene, and in the industrial epoxidation of ethylene respectively.