Enhanced selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde on mesopore created mordenite catalyst

Sandeep K. Saxena; Nagabhatla Viswanadham; Ala’a H. Al-Muhtaseb

doi:10.1007/s10934-016-0228-6

Enhanced selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde on mesopore created mordenite catalyst

Sandeep K. Saxena, Nagabhatla Viswanadham^*, Ala’a H. Al-Muhtaseb

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The aluminum rich mordenite (Si/Al wt% ~7) sample has been treated with various acids i.e., hydrochloric acid (MOR-HC), nitric acid (MOR-HN) and oxalic acid (MOR-Ox) so as to facilitate the dealumination and mesopore creation in the mordenite. The parent as well as acid treated samples have been characterized by XRD, FTIR, SEM, TEM, BET, N2 adsorption–desorption, porosity and NH3–TPD. The resultant samples have been applied for their catalytic activity towards selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol to produce benzaldehyde at solvent-free liquid phase reaction, using H₂O₂ as oxygen source. Irrespective to the nature of acid, all the dealuminated samples exhibited increase in surface area, external surface area, pore volume and mesopore volume, while the highest increase appeared in case of MOR-HN. This phenomenon also reflected in the selective oxidation activity of the samples, where all the acid treated samples exhibited improvement in the benzyl alcohol conversion and benzaldehyde yield. The highest conversion of >99 % along with as high as >100 % selectivity to benzaldehyde was obtained on MOR-HN catalyst. This particular catalyst also exhibited excellent reusability suitable for its industrial applications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-8
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Porous Materials
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10934-016-0228-6
Publication status	Accepted/In press - Jun 28 2016

Keywords

Acid leaching
Mesopores
Mordenite
Selective oxidation
Solvent-free

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Mechanics of Materials
Materials Science(all)

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