Active Sites in Aerobic Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol

Determination of the Active Sites in Aerobic Oxidation of Benz)rl Alcohol 

Until now, we have discussed the examples where metallic palladium has been reported to be the active site for the selective aerobic oxidation reaction using supported palladium catalyst. However, it is interesting to note that recently Lee and coworkers [97, 103-105] have utilized in situ XAS technique, in combination with other spectroscopic techniques, to study the active site of supported palladium catalysts for the selective aerobic oxidation reactions and found that oxidic palladium 

From the earlier discussions on the mechanism of benzyl alcohol oxidation, it is clear that there are many different reactions that are active in parallel when using supported palladium catalysts [94]. Examples from the previous sections suggested that metallic palladium is the active site for the aerobic oxidation of benzyl alcohol, but generally the surface of these powder catalysts comprises 

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