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The field of gold catalysis has been a lively area of research for the past two decades and gold catalysts are now an established ‘best choice’ for many oxidation reactions. Most well known for its performance in selective and preferential oxidation reactions, gold has more recently found potential in selective hydrogenation reactions. In this work the recent developments using gold and gold-promoted catalysts for selective hydrogenation reactions are reviewed: the use for chemoselective hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes and, in particular, the excellent selectivity exhibited for the selective partial hydrogenation of alkyne, alkadiene and alkene C2–C6 hydrocarbon streams.
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Professor Jack Fletcher is currently Head of Department of the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Cape Town (UCT). His research focuses on heterogeneous catalysis, specifically in the following areas: Shape Selectivity in Zeolites and Molecular Sieves, Phenols and Derivatives, Hydrocracking and Catalysis by Gold.
Stephen Roberts is currently the Industrial Research Manager in the Chemical Engineering Department at UCT. He graduated as a chemical engineer from UCT, where he also completed his postgraduate studies. Following this he worked at Mintek, South Africa’s national mineral research organisation, in the field of gold catalysis.
Melissa Julius is currently a PhD student in the Department of Chemical Engineering at UCT, She is focusing on the purification of 1-hexene via gold-based selective catalytic hydrogenation. She completed her MSc on similar work in 2008. Her work has been funded by Mintek, NRF, UCT and Sasol.
Lynsey Mcewan is a Msc student at the Department of Chemical Engineering at UCT, currently writing her thesis on the use of gold catalysts in the selective hydrogenation of impurities in 1-hexene product streams. Her thesis was funded by Mintek and UCT. She graduated as a chemical engineer from Uct in 2007
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Juliusa, M., Robertsa, S. & Fletchera, J.C.Q. A review of the use of gold catalysts in selective hydrogenation reactions Lynsey McEwana. Gold Bull 43, 298–306 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03214999
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