https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:38914 tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) as an oxidizing and methylating reagent catalyzed by mesoporous alumina nanospheres-embedded with CuO nanoparticles (CuO/m-Al₂O₃). The CuO/m-Al₂O₃ catalysts with different copper contents were prepared by evaporation-induced self-assembly of a structure-directing agent (Pluronic P-123). The decomposition of P-123 during calcination in air results into the formation of a mesoporous structure with highly dispersed CuO nanoparticles. The as-prepared 6-CuO/m-Al₂O₃ exhibits excellent catalytic activity towards oxidative methyl-esterification of HMF into FDMC with 92% yield and turnover frequency (TOF) of 0.56 h^-1. Furthermore, oxidative methyl-esterification of a range of substrates through SP³ C-H bond functionalization has also been demonstrated using the same catalyst.]]> Mon 29 Jan 2024 18:05:17 AEDT ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:43603 Mon 26 Sep 2022 15:26:51 AEST ]]>