Gold Catalysis Outside Nanoscale: Bulk Gold Catalyzes the Aerobic Oxidation of π‐Activated Alcohols

Abstract

The incredible bulk: Although nano-sized Au is required in numerous reactions, π-activated alcohols, such as benzyl alcohol and cinnamyl alcohol, can be catalytically oxidized by unsupported bulk Au, which provides a promising starting point to explore the origin of Au catalysis. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.