The oxidation of alcohols to carbonyl compounds in a clean fashion (i.e., with water as a solvent or under solvent-free conditions, and using O2 or H2O2 as the primary oxidant) is the subject of considerable research efforts. A new approach for the selective oxidation of soluble aromatic alcohols in water under mild conditions via a novel composite photocatalyst has been developed. The catalyst is synthesized by grafting 4-(4-(4- hydroxyphenylimino)cyclohexa-2,5dienylideneamino)phenol and silver nanoparticles onto the surface of moderately crystalline titanium dioxide. The titanium dioxide-based composite was first extensively characterized and then employed in the catalytic oxidation of 4-methoxybenzyl alcohol to 4-methoxybenzaldehyde under UV irradiation in water at room temperature. The corresponding aldehyde was obtained with unprecedented high selectivity (up to 86 %). The method is general and opens the route to fabrication of photocatalytic composites based on titanium dioxide functionalized with shuttle organic molecules and metal nanoparticles for a variety of oxidative conversions.

Abd-Elaal, A., Parrino, F., Pagliaro, M., Ciriminna, R., Loddo, V., Palmisano, L. (2015). Synthesis and Characterization of TiO2 Based Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Photocatalysts for Enhancing the Selective Formation of 4-Methoxy-benzaldehyde from 4-Methoxybenzyl alcohol. In Proc. 2nd Edition Nanotech Dubai 2015 International Conference & Exhibition (pp. 65-65). Dubai.

Synthesis and Characterization of TiO2 Based Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Photocatalysts for Enhancing the Selective Formation of 4-Methoxy-benzaldehyde from 4-Methoxybenzyl alcohol

PARRINO, Francesco;LODDO, Vittorio;PALMISANO, Leonardo
2015-01-01

Abstract

The oxidation of alcohols to carbonyl compounds in a clean fashion (i.e., with water as a solvent or under solvent-free conditions, and using O2 or H2O2 as the primary oxidant) is the subject of considerable research efforts. A new approach for the selective oxidation of soluble aromatic alcohols in water under mild conditions via a novel composite photocatalyst has been developed. The catalyst is synthesized by grafting 4-(4-(4- hydroxyphenylimino)cyclohexa-2,5dienylideneamino)phenol and silver nanoparticles onto the surface of moderately crystalline titanium dioxide. The titanium dioxide-based composite was first extensively characterized and then employed in the catalytic oxidation of 4-methoxybenzyl alcohol to 4-methoxybenzaldehyde under UV irradiation in water at room temperature. The corresponding aldehyde was obtained with unprecedented high selectivity (up to 86 %). The method is general and opens the route to fabrication of photocatalytic composites based on titanium dioxide functionalized with shuttle organic molecules and metal nanoparticles for a variety of oxidative conversions.
2015
Partial oxydation, inorganic-organic Hybrid photocatalyst
Abd-Elaal, A., Parrino, F., Pagliaro, M., Ciriminna, R., Loddo, V., Palmisano, L. (2015). Synthesis and Characterization of TiO2 Based Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Photocatalysts for Enhancing the Selective Formation of 4-Methoxy-benzaldehyde from 4-Methoxybenzyl alcohol. In Proc. 2nd Edition Nanotech Dubai 2015 International Conference & Exhibition (pp. 65-65). Dubai.
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