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As for many aspects of gold science and technology, gold catalysis has unique features. Until recently, gold catalysis has had an uncertain history, but research work in a number of laboratories has now shown that if care is taken in the preparation of well defined supported gold systems then these systems can be unusually active and/or selective for a number of reactions of commercial importance. These include both selective and complete oxidation, hydrochlorination and hydrogenation reactions. In fact gold has been demonstrated to be the element of choice for some catalytic reactions. As a result, both chemical processing and environmental applications are foreseen for supported gold catalyst systems. In this, the first of two articles, the current knowledge on the hydrochlorination of ethyne and the low temperature oxidation of carbon monoxide using supported gold catalysts is reviewed. In the second part, some further examples of heterogeneous catalysis will be given and the importance of some recently reported early examples of homogeneous gold catalysis, in solution, assessed.
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The material for this article was the basis for the first part of a talk presented at the IPMI Annual Meeting in Toronto, 17 June 1998 and will be published as part of the Precious Metals 1998 ‘Proceedings of the Conference held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada’.
David Thompson has participated in and managed upstream, basic and applied research activities in universities (Imperial College, London and University of California, Los Angeles), ICI, and Johnson Matthey. His published papers are concerned with catalysis and materials topics, particularly those involved with precious metals, as well as with organic and inorganic chemistry. He isTechnical Editor of Gold Bulletin and Consultant to World Gold Council. In his freelance work as a chemical consultant he advises on catalyst system design for chemical processing, pollution control and gas detection. Some of this work is carried out in collaboration with universities, and he helps industrial organizations to optimize their contacts with university research. He has contributed to and assisted in the editing of a new book to be published in 1999 entitled ‘The Company of the Future’.
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Thompson, D. New advances in gold catalysis part I. Gold Bull 31, 111–118 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03214775
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