Biomass oxidation : formyl C-H bond activation by the surface lattice oxygen of regenerative CuO nanoleaves

• Main Authors: Trinh, Quang Thang, Wang, Bo, Borgna, Armando, Yang, Yanhui, Amaniampong, Prince Nana, Mushrif, Samir Hemant
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Chemistry::Physical chemistry::Catalysis; DRNTU::Science::Chemistry::Organic chemistry::Oxidation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96687; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/38507
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

An integrated experimental and computational investigation reveals that surface lattice oxygen of copper oxide (CuO) nanoleaves activates the formyl C-H bond in glucose and incorporates itself into the glucose molecule to oxidize it to gluconic acid. The reduced CuO catalyst regains its structure, m...