Oxidation of benzylic alcohols with molecular oxygen catalyzed by Cu3/2[PMo12O40]/SiO2

Authors

• Hamid Aliyan ¹
• Razieh Fazaeli ¹
• Ahmad Reza Massah ²
• Hamid Javaherian Naghash ³
• Saeed Moradi ³

1. Department of Chemistry, Shahreza Branch, Islamic Azad University, 86145-311, Iran.
2. Department of Chemistry, Shahreza Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahreza, Isfahan, 86145-311, Iran.
3. Department of Chemistry, Islamic Azad University, Shahreza Branch, 86145-311, Iran.

Abstract

The aerobic oxidation of alcohols was efficiently completed in high conversion and selectivity using Cu_3/2[PMo₁₂O₄₀]/SiO₂ as catalyst under mild reaction condition. This reaction provides a new environmentally friendly rout to the conversion of alcoholic function to carbonyl groups.

Keywords

• aerobic alcohol oxidation
• Polyoxometalates (POMs)
• Green chemistry