2009•Angewandte Chemie International EditionRequires access

Selectivity Control in Gold‐Mediated Esterification of Methanol

Bingjun Xu, Lanying Li, Jan Haubrich, R. J. Madix, C. M. Friend

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The Midas touch: The low-temperature transformation of methanol to methyl formate, formaldehyde, and formic acid is promoted by atomic oxygen adsorbed on metallic gold (see picture). The reactions occur with O-containing Au nanoparticles formed on Au(111) upon oxidation with ozone at 200 K; the facile esterification to methyl formate occurs well below room temperature.

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Key concepts: Methyl formate, Formic acid, Methanol, Formaldehyde, Formate, Colloidal gold, Selectivity, Chemistry