Transition metal doped mesoporous titania with a crystalline framework as catalysts for oxidation of -bromotoluene to -bromobenzaldehyde

Abstract

Transition metal M (M = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn) doped mesoporous titania with a crystalline framework was employed as catalysts for the oxidation of p-bromotoluene (PBT) to p-bromobenzaldehyde (BBD) in acetic acid using aqueous hydrogen peroxide as oxidant. It was found that mesoporous TiO₂ doped with those metals (Fe, Co and Ni) whose atomic radii are relatively smaller exhibited higher conversion rate of PBT. Among these catalysts, the Co/meso-TiO₂ exhibited high substrate conversion and good product (p-bromobenzaldehyde) selectivity plus it can be reused once with almost the same activity. The effect of different Ti/Co (molar) ratio on the activities of Co/meso-TiO₂ was also investigated.

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