Room temperature aerobic oxidation of amines by a nanocrystalline ruthenium oxide pyrochlore nafion composite catalyst

Shanmuganathan Venkatesan; Annamalai Senthil Kumar; Jyh-Fu Lee; Ting-Shan Chan; Jyh-Myng Zen

doi:10.1002/chem.201103913

Room temperature aerobic oxidation of amines by a nanocrystalline ruthenium oxide pyrochlore nafion composite catalyst

Chemistry. 2012 May 14;18(20):6147-51. doi: 10.1002/chem.201103913. Epub 2012 Apr 4.

Authors

Shanmuganathan Venkatesan¹, Annamalai Senthil Kumar, Jyh-Fu Lee, Ting-Shan Chan, Jyh-Myng Zen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan.

PMID: 22489045
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201103913

Abstract

The aerobic oxidation of primary amines to their respective nitriles has been carried out at room temperature using a highly reusable nanocrystalline ruthenium oxide pyrochlore Nafion composite catalyst (see figure).

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Amines / chemistry*
Catalysis
Niobium / chemistry
Oxidation-Reduction
Oxides / chemistry*
Ruthenium / chemistry*
Temperature

Substances

Amines
Oxides
Niobium
pyrochlore
Ruthenium