Catalysis Division, IMR-Shenyang National Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, P.R. China.
Research and Development Department, TMM LLC, Volodymyrska str. 49a, Kyiv, Ukraine.
ChemSusChem. 2017 Aug 10;10(15):3030-3034. doi: 10.1002/cssc.201700940. Epub 2017 Jul 18.
Nitrogen rich carbon nanotubes have been used as a metal free catalyst for the conversion of glycerol into dihydroxyacetone using tert-butyl hydroperoxide as an oxidant. Pyridine nitrogen groups embedded in a carbon matrix are identified as active sites for the reaction. Computational studies have demonstrated that oxidation of pyridine groups to pyridine oxime followed by hydrogen abstraction from secondary alcohol is likely responsible for the oxidation process.
富氮碳纳米管已被用作无金属催化剂，用于在叔丁基过氧化氢作为氧化剂的条件下将甘油转化为二羟丙酮。嵌入在碳基质中的吡啶氮基团被鉴定为反应的活性位。计算研究表明，吡啶基团氧化为吡啶肟，然后从仲醇中提取氢，可能是氧化过程的原因。
