Influence of Methyl Halide Treatment on Gold Nanoparticles Supported on Activated Carbon

摘要

The number of publications reporting the application of gold to catalytic processes has increased dramatically since the discovery in the 1980s that supported nanoparticles of gold can be very active catalysts for industrially important reactions. Since then, gold has been found to be active for a large range of processes including hydrogenation reactions, selective oxidations, hydroaminations, and epoxidations. The applications reported range from environmental remediation to the production of bulk and pharmaceutical chemicals.