Biomass has been long exploited as an anthropogenic energy source; however, the 21st
century challenges of energy security and climate change are driving resurgence in its …

Recently, dispersions of gold nanoclusters in liquid media (colloidal nanogold) have been
extensively used as quasi‐homogeneous catalysts for various aerobic oxidation reactions …

A radical solution: A Bu 4 NI/tert‐butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) catalyzed synthesis of amides
through a cross‐coupling reaction between acyl and aminyl radicals is described. This …

Benzaldehyde readily undergoes autoxidation to form benzoic acid on exposure to air at
room temperature. Yet it can be formed in high yield from, for example, benzyl alcohol by …

Biologically interesting fluorenone, xanthone and anthrone derivatives have been prepared
via an intramolecular oxidative acylation process. This novel direct acylation reaction …

N-Terminally Fmoc protected amino acid, Fmoc-Phe-OH (Fmoc-L-Phenylalanine-OH), forms
an efficient, stable and transparent hydrogel with a minimum gelation concentration of 0.1 …

A new tert-butyl peresters synthesis directly from aldehydes and TBHP was developed
viaBu4NI-catalyzed aldehyde C− H oxidation. Mechanistic studies suggest that the protocol …

Go tandem! The first example of the direct amidation of alcohols with N‐substituted
formamides has been developed. A series of tertiary amides, including the challenging N, N …

Environmentally benign aerobic oxidation of alcohols to methyl esters catalyzed by polymer-
incarcerated gold nanoclusters (PI-Au) was developed and reactions proceeded under very …

The liquid phase oxidation of cyclohexane was undertaken using Au/MgO and the reaction
mechanism was investigated by means of continuous wave (CW) EPR spectroscopy …