Catalytic reactions involving molecular hydrogen are at the heart of many transformations in
the chemical industry. Classically, hydrogenations are carried out on Pd, Pt, Ru or Ni …

1. INTRODUCTION Bulk gold, being the most stable among all metals, was for many years
considered as an inert catalyst. However, gold particles with size on the scale of nanometers …

In recent years, 2, 5-dihydroxymethylfuran (DHMF), which can be produced by the selective
hydrogenation of biomass-derived 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), has attracted great …

Catalysis by gold has rapidly become a hot topic in chemistry, with a new discovery being
made almost every week. Gold is equally effective as a heterogeneous or a homogeneous …

Gold has accompanied mankind from the very early days; no name of a chemist is
associated with the discovery of the element gold. It is probably the only chemical element …

Gold has been used for coinage, jewelry, and other arts for thousands of years due to its
stability in air. Catalytic researchers were long misled by this common sense until the …

Synthetic chemists are constantly challenged to consider more environmentally benign
methods for generation of the desired target molecules. 1 Recently, there has been an …

With increasing demand for efficient organic transformations based on the concept of Green
Sustainable Chemistry, the development of highly selective reaction systems using …

Gold has traditionally been regarded as inactive as a catalytic metal. However, the advent of
nanoparticulate gold on high surface area oxide supports has demonstrated its high catalytic …

A comprehensive overview in the field of heterogeneously catalysed hydrogenations over
gold surfaces and supported gold catalysts is given. It is also highlighted where the latter are …