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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2014
Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, SG;
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, SG;
Kanaparthi Ramesh, Jurong Island, SG;
Armando Borgna, Jurong Island, SG;
Yi Ling Eileen Goh, Singapore, SG;
Timothy John White, Singapore, SG;
Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, SG;
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, SG;
Abstract
The present invention provides the use of a metal-doped hydroxyapatite catalyst for highly selective conversion of an alcohol to an aldehyde at low temperatures. More specifically, the invention provides the use of a silver-doped hydroxyapatite catalyst for the highly selective oxidative dehydrogenation of ethanol to acetaldehyde. The present invention also provides the method for converting ethanol to acetaldehyde using a silver-doped hydroxyapatite catalyst.