Front Cover: Commercial Gold(I) and Gold(III) Compounds Supported on Carbon Materials as Greener Catalysts for the Oxidation of Alkanes and Alcohols (ChemCatChem 8/2018). Issue 8 (24th April 2018) - Carabineiro, Sónia A. C.
Abstract : The Front Cover shows Au complexes supported on various carbon materials with different surface treatments. In their Full Paper, S. A. C. Carabineiro et al. report a series of strategies for the single‐pot, mild and efficient oxidative functionalization of cyclohexane and alcohols, catalyzed by Au I or Au III carbon‐supported complexes. The obtained materials were tested for the oxidation of cyclohexane under mild conditions, using tert‐butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) as an environmentally friendly oxidant. The catalysts were also tested in the selective oxidation of methyl benzyl alcohol, cyclohexanol and 2‐octanol with TBHP, under microwave irradiation, to the corresponding aldehydes or ketones. More information can be found in the Full Paper by S. A. C. Carabineiro et al. onpage 1804 in Issue 8, 2018 (DOI:10.1002/cctc.201701886 ).