Non-Solvent Synthesis of a Robust Potassium-Doped PdCu-Pd-Cu@C Nanocatalyst for High Selectively Tandem Reactions
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Park et al. prepared new K-doped PdCu@C by mechanically grinding and heating. Interesting and accurate appears the characterization of the catalyst that was tested in the tandem reaction of 2-benzofuran. The catalyst was resulted more active than other (commercial or prepared). Also the reuse of the catalyst was showed. I suggest accepting the manuscript after a careful check of the language in the text and in the abstract and after minor revisions:
- proton NMR ??? I’d favour 1H NMR
- 3 line 113-114: there is a lot of confusion between the figures
- 8 line 243: Solvent for DMSO
- 9 line 272: Magnesium was written with capital letter
- 9 line 282: there is min-1, without superscript
- 10 line 314: in the formula of magnesium sulfate, the number is not subscript
Author Response
Reviewer 1
Park et al. prepared new K-doped PdCu@C by mechanically grinding and heating. Interesting and accurate appears the characterization of the catalyst that was tested in the tandem reaction of 2-benzofuran. The catalyst was resulted more active than other (commercial or prepared). Also the reuse of the catalyst was showed. I suggest accepting the manuscript after a careful check of the language in the text and in the abstract and after minor revisions
Comment 1: proton NMR ??? I’d favour 1H NMR.
Response: We fully agree with the reviewer’s comment and opinion. We have re-drafted the manuscript provided. (Please see: Manuscript Page 6, Line 196-197)
Comment 2: 3 line 113-114: there is a lot of confusion between the figures.
Response: Thank you for your kind notice. We have re-drafted the manuscript provided. (Please see: Manuscript Page 3, Line 114)
Comment 3: 8 line 243: Solvent for DMSO.
Response: Thank you for your kind notice. We have re-drafted the manuscript provided (Please see: Manuscript Page 7, Line 243).
Comment 4: 9 line 272: Magnesium was written with capital letter.
Response: Thank you for your kind notice. We have re-drafted the manuscript provided (Please see: Manuscript Page 8, Line 272).
Comment 5: 9 line 282: there is min-1, without superscript.
Response: We sincerely appreciate reviewer’s kind. We have re-drafted the manuscript provided (Please see: Manuscript Page 8, Line 282).
Comment 6: 10 line 314: in the formula of magnesium sulfate, the number is not subscript.
Response: We sincerely appreciate reviewer’s kind and instructive comments on our work. We have added the reference provided (Please see: Manuscript Page 9, Line 314).
Reviewer 2 Report
The present paper describes a non-solvent synthesis of potassium-doped nanocatalysts efficiently used in tandem reactions of 2-phenylbenzofurans. The manuscript has been carefully prepared in terms of its content. I can recommend this article for publication in Catalysts after a little editorial correction:
1) Line 44 - 'physico-chemical' instead of 'physio-chemical'
2) Line 74 - 'effect' - please check the font
3) Line 235 - 'selective' instead of 'selectivity'
4) Line 314 - 'NaHCO3' instead of 'Na2HCO3'
5) Line 314 - 'MgSO4' instead of 'MgSO4'
6) Lines 446-447 - use italic for journal name abbreviation and volume
number; use bold for year
7) Line 462 - use italic for journal abbreviation.
Author Response
The present paper describes a non-solvent synthesis of potassium-doped nanocatalysts efficiently used in tandem reactions of 2-phenylbenzofurans. The manuscript has been carefully prepared in terms of its content. I can recommend this article for publication in Catalysts after a little editorial correction
Comment 1: Line 44 - 'physico-chemical' instead of 'physio-chemical'.
Response: We fully agree with the reviewer’s comment and apologize the careless word. We have re-drafted the manuscript provided. (Please see: Manuscript Page 1, Line 44)
Comment 2: Line 74 - 'effect' - please check the font.
Response: Thank you for your kind notice. We have re-drafted the manuscript provided. (Please see: Manuscript Page 2, Line 74)
Comment 3: Line 235 - 'selective' instead of 'selectivity.
Response: We sincerely apologize for the grammatical mistake. We have re-drafted the manuscript provided. (Please see: Manuscript Page 7, Line 235).
Comment 4: Line 314 - 'NaHCO3' instead of 'Na2HCO3'.
Response: We sincerely appreciate reviewer’s kind. We have re-drafted the manuscript provided (Please see: Manuscript Page 9, Line 314).
Comment 5: Line 314 - 'MgSO4' instead of 'MgSO4'
Response: Thank you for your kind notice. We have re-drafted the manuscript provided (Please see: Manuscript Page 9, Line 314).
Comment 6: Lines 446-447 - use italic for journal name abbreviation and volume number; use bold for year
Response: We sincerely apologize for the template mistake. We have re-drafted the manuscript provided. (Please see: Manuscript Page 10, Line 446-447).
Comment 7: Line 462 - use italic for journal abbreviation.
Response: We sincerely apologize for the template mistake. We have re-drafted the manuscript provided. (Please see: Manuscript Page 10, Line 462).
