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Hatami, Mojgan | 2012

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  1. Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
  2. Language: Farsi
  3. Document No: 42263 (03)
  4. University: Sharif University of Technology
  5. Department: Chemistry
  6. Advisor(s): Bagherzadeh, Mojtaba
  7. Abstract:
  8. Inert gold become catalytically active when dispersed in the form of nanoparticles. Isolated gold nanoparticles have demonstrated high catalytic activity for both oxidation and reduction reactions. In order to obtain high catalytic activity, gold nanoparticles are generally dispersed on support materials, among which oxides are commonly used. However, a substantial decrease in activity and selectivity of the immobilized catalysts is frequently observed due to the heterogeneous nature of these support materials in reaction media. In the course of our study on the metal-based catalysis for synthesis of organic compounds, we herein report that rod-shaped Au nanoparticles in aqua solution efficiently catalyze dihydroxylation of alkenes to 1,2-diols with sodium periodate as oxidants and ring opening of epoxides to diols with isopropanol. In this study, different alkenes have been used as starting materials and the selectivity for all the diols products were over 99%, and also excellent turnover number was achieved. The use of water as a solvent makes the reaction interesting from both an economic and environmental point of view. Results confirm the new role of colloidal gold nanoparticle in catalytic oxidation reactions
  9. Keywords:
  10. Gold Nanoparticle ; Nano Catalyst ; Epoxide Ring Opening ; Dihydroxylation Alkanes ; 1,2-Diols

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