Transition metal substituted tungstophosphoric compound catalyzed oxidation of hexanol to hexanal with hydrogen peroxide

摘要

The oxidation of hexanol in the presence of the Keggin-type heteropoly compounds (HPCs) H3PMonW12-nO40 (denoted as PMonW12-n, n=0,1) and Na5PW11ZO39 (denoted as PW11Z, Z = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu and Zn) was carried out to produce hexanal and hexanoic acid. The reaction was conducted in tert-butanol (t-BuOH), using cetylpyridinium bromide (CPB) salts of HPA and 15% aqueous H2O2 as oxidant under mild condition. The PMoW11 catalyst showed higher hexanol conversion of 25%, the lowest selectivity to hexanal of 64.4% and an efficient utilization of H2O2 of 34%. Over the transition metal substituted PW11Z catalysts decomposition of H2O2 was rapid. For these PW11Z catalysts, the efficient utilization of H2O2 decreased to 9% or even lower. By means of IR, UV-visible and GC-MS techniques the catalysts were characterized.