Issue 3, 2004
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Green Chemistry

Selective oxidation of alcohols by molecular oxygen over a Pd/MgO catalyst in the absence of any additives

Unnikrishnan R. Pillaia  and  Endalkachew Sahle-Demessie*a  

* Corresponding authors

a National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Sustainable Technology Division, MS-443 US-Environmental Protection Agency, 26 West, Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio – 45268, USA

Abstract

Selective oxidation of alcohols to the corresponding carbonyl products using molecular oxygen is achieved over a simple and easily recyclable 1% Pd/MgO impregnated heterogeneous catalyst in the presence of trifluorotoluene. A variety of activated and non-activated alcohols are effectively oxidized without the use of any additives under relatively mild reaction conditions. Other supported Pd catalysts such as Pd/Hydrotalcite (HT), Pd/Al2O3, Pd/SiO2 and Pd/Zeolite-β are also studied for comparison. Pd/HT also shows a comparable oxidation activity to Pd/MgO whereas other supported catalysts were not found to be active for this reaction under the conditions studied. A mechanism of the reaction is also outlined.

Graphical abstract: Selective oxidation of alcohols by molecular oxygen over a Pd/MgO catalyst in the absence of any additives

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B316414B
Article type
Paper
Submitted
15 Dec 2003
Accepted
23 Dec 2003
First published
21 Jan 2004

Green Chem., 2004,6, 161-165

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Selective oxidation of alcohols by molecular oxygen over a Pd/MgO catalyst in the absence of any additives

U. R. Pillai and E. Sahle-Demessie, Green Chem., 2004, 6, 161 DOI: 10.1039/B316414B

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