Abstract
Benzyl alcohol oxidation by molecular oxygen using solid manganese oxide as a catalyst and n-heptane as the solvent was studied in the liquid phase. The catalyst was synthesized by a simple mechanochemical process at room temperature and was charac-terized by different physical methods. The catalyst was highly active and 100% selective for benzyl alcohol conversion to benzaldehyde. The solid catalyst can be recovered from the reaction mixture by simple filtration and can be re-used. We found n-heptane to be an excellent solvent for the oxidation reaction, and that the catalyst did not leach into solution.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 2354-2359 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Chinese Science Bulletin |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue number | 19 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors thank the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan for financial assistance under the Indigenous PhD Fellowship Program.
Keywords
- benzaldehyde
- catalyst selectivity
- chemical analysis
- environment
- n-heptane
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General
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