Cu nanoclusters supported on nanocrystalline SiO2–MnO2: a bifunctional catalyst for the one-step conversion of glycerol to acrylic acid

Bipul Sarkar; Chandrashekar Pendem; L. N. Sivakumar Konathala; Ritesh Tiwari; Takehiko Sasaki; Rajaram Bal

doi:10.1039/C4CC03842H

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Cu nanoclusters supported on nanocrystalline SiO₂–MnO₂: a bifunctional catalyst for the one-step conversion of glycerol to acrylic acid†

Bipul Sarkar,^a Chandrashekar Pendem,^a L. N. Sivakumar Konathala,^a Ritesh Tiwari,^a Takehiko Sasaki^b and Rajaram Bal*^a

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^b Department of Complexity Science and Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba 277-8561, Japan

Abstract

A material consisting of highly dispersed Cu nanoclusters anchored on nanocrystalline SiO₂–MnO₂ has been prepared, and was found to act as a bifunctional catalyst for the one- step conversion of glycerol to acrylic acid using H₂O₂. Under optimized conditions a glycerol conversion of 77.1%, with 74.7% selectivity for acrylic acid, was achieved after 30 h reaction time.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC03842H
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 20 May 2014
Accepted: 13 Jun 2014
First published: 13 Jun 2014

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Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 9707-9710

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Cu nanoclusters supported on nanocrystalline SiO₂–MnO₂: a bifunctional catalyst for the one-step conversion of glycerol to acrylic acid

B. Sarkar, C. Pendem, L. N. Sivakumar Konathala, R. Tiwari, T. Sasaki and R. Bal, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 9707 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC03842H

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