Identifying active sites of CoNC/CNT from pyrolysis of molecularly defined complexes for oxidative esterification and hydrogenation reactions

Abstract

Cobalt chelate complexes bonded to 2 to 3 nitrogens in the graphene lattice are the active sites for the oxidative esterification of benzyl alcohol by molecular oxygen, the selective reduction of nitrobenzene by hydrogen and the hydrogenated coupling of nitrobenzene and benzaldehyde.