Gold nanoparticles on hydrotalcite act as a heterogeneous catalyst for the chemoselective hydrogenolysis of various allylic carbonates to the corresponding terminal alkenes using H(2) as a clean reductant. The combination of gold nanoparticles and basic supports elicited significantly unique and selective catalysis in the hydrogenolysis.

A dense layer of amorphous carbon nanofibers was fabricated by pyrolyzing a thin film of polyimide using a monolayer of gold nanoparticles as a catalyst.

Hydroxyapatite-supported silver nanoparticles (AgHAP) acted as a highly efficient reusable heterogeneous catalyst for hydration of diverse nitriles, including heteroaromatic ones, into amides in water.

Gold nanoparticles functionalised with a valine-derived formamide have been developed as effective homogenous catalysts for the asymmetric reduction of ketimine 1 with trichlorosilane (< or = 84% ee) in toluene. This methodology both simplifies the recovery of the catalyst and its separation from the product, as the nanoparticles can be readily removed and subsequently recycled by precipitation...

The highly dispersed Ni nanoparticles in mesoporous silica were achieved via using polyol as new delivery conveyors and removable carbon templates. The catalyst exhibits excellent coking- and sintering-resistance in dry reforming of methane attributed to the controlled size and location of Ni nanoparticles.

poly(4-vinylpyridine)-supported copper iodide nanoparticles is reported as a new, green and recyclable catalyst for the synthesis of aryl-14h-dibenzo [a-o] xanthenes under solvent-free conditions. this catalyst can be recovered by simple filtration and recycled up to 8 consecutive runs without any loss of their efficiency.

CoAl-layered double hydroxide nanosheets (CoAl-NSs) could serve as an active matrix to effectively anchor amorphous MoSx nanoparticles with high dispersion and the formation of an additional active "CoMoS" phase. The resulting CoAl-NSs/MoSx catalyst showed 13 times higher H2 evolution activity than free MoSx nanoparticles from an erythrosin B-triethanolamine (ErB-TEOA) system under visible light.

A commercially available detergent was found to be an effective reducing as well as stabilizing agent for the synthesis of differently shaped gold nanoparticles in an aqueous solution at an ambient condition and the as-prepared gold nanoparticles behave as an efficient catalyst for the reduction reaction of 4-nitrophenol at room temperature.

this work described one pot syntheses of polysubstituted 2,6- dicyanoaniline and 2-(3-oxo-1,3-diarylpropyl) malononitrile derivatives in the presence of mgo nanoparticles (nps) under grinding conditions and microwave irradiation, respectively. the simple experimental procedure includes shorter reaction times, higher yields, lower cost and environmental friendliness. other remarkable features ar...

an efficient method for the friedel–crafts acylation of a wide range of aromatic compounds in good to excellent yields under solvent-free conditions, using iron zirconium phosphate (zpfe) was investigated. the catalyst is easy to prepare and shows interesting catalytic properties. the catalyst was characterized by some instrumental techniques such as xrd, icp-oes, sem and tem. a wide variety of...