Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols at Room Temperature and Atmospheric Conditions Catalyzed by Reusable Gold Nanoclusters Stabilized by the Benzene Rings of Polystyrene Derivatives

摘要

The selective oxidation of alcohols is one of the most important transformations in organic synthesis.Whilst several metal-based oxidizing reagents have been developed,these reagents usually require stoichiometric amounts of metal oxidants,and thus a large amount of waste is formed.In this respect,the oxidation of alcohols using molecular oxygen catalyzed by reusable heterogeneous catalysts is ideal from an environmental and atom-economical point of view.