Chemistry Letters, Vol.42, No.6, 660-662, 2013
Remarkable Effect of Bases on Core-Shell AgNP@CeO2 Nanocomposite-catalyzed Highly Chemoselective Reduction of Unsaturated Aldehydes
A highly dispersed core shell silver nanoparticle-ceria nanocomposite catalyst (AgNP@CeO2-D) was prepared. The addition of bases was found to enhance the catalytic efficiency of AgNP@CeO2-D significantly in the chemoselective reduction of diverse unsaturated aldehydes to the corresponding unsaturated alcohols.