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Bimolecular condensation reactions of butan-1-ol on Ag–CeO2 decorated multiwalled carbon nanotubes

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CeO2/MWCNTs, Ag/MWCNTs and Ag–CeO2/MWCNTs hybrid composite nanomaterials with 5 wt% active component contents applied as catalysts of dehydrogenation and consecutive bimolecular condensation of a primary alcohol, butan-1-ol, revealed diversified properties. CeO2/MWCNTs showed the catalytic activity of pure cerium oxide despite its much lower content. Products obtained over Ag/MWCNTs did not contain ketone or ester in spite of higher dehydrogenation. Ag–CeO2/MWCNTs showed superior catalytic activity and selectivity towards subsequent C–C coupling, thus significantly higher yield of the symmetrical ketone (heptan-4-one) was achieved (at 400 °C, yield of the ketone over CeO2/MWCNTs and over Ag–CeO2/MWCNTs were 1 and 28%, respectively). The preserved character of the transformations over the CeO2/MWCNTs was shifted by tens of degrees to lower temperatures. It clearly indicates a synergistic interaction between the components.

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This publication was created thanks to the Polish—Ukrainian Joint Research Project for years 2015–2017, under the agreement on scientific cooperation between the Polish Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Hybrid graphene nanomaterials for catalytic applications. The authors wish to thank Dr. Wojciech Gil (Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wrocław) for HRTEM measurements.

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    Galina Dovbeshko

  2. Chuiko O.O. Institute of Surface Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 17, General Naumov str., Kiev, 03164, Ukraine

    Evgeniya Kovalska

  3. Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland

    Włodzimierz Miśta & Roman Klimkiewicz

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Dovbeshko, G., Kovalska, E., Miśta, W. et al. Bimolecular condensation reactions of butan-1-ol on Ag–CeO2 decorated multiwalled carbon nanotubes. Reac Kinet Mech Cat 122, 1063–1080 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11144-017-1254-3

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