In 2006,Hayashi, Toshio; Inagaki, Takahiro; Itayama, Naohiko; Baba, Hideyuki published 《Selective oxidation of alcohol over supported gold catalysts: methyl glycolate formation from ethylene glycol and methanol》.Catalysis Today published the findings.Application In Synthesis of Methyl 3-hydroxypropanoate The information in the text is summarized as follows:
An one-step selective oxidation of primary alc. to carboxylic ester took place in liquid-phase over nano-gold particles, alone or with other metals, e.g., Bi, La, Pb, supported on metal oxides [Al2O3, TiO2, ZrO2] by mol. oxygen. The oxidation of a mixture of ethylene glycol and methanol produced Me glycolate selectively with a small amount of Me formate. The substrate-selectivity was observed clearly with Au catalyst, but not with a typical Pd or Ru catalyst, which is also capable of catalyzing the oxidative esterification of alc.Methyl 3-hydroxypropanoate(cas: 6149-41-3Application In Synthesis of Methyl 3-hydroxypropanoate) was used in this study.
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