An efficient selective oxidation of alcohols with iron zirconium phosphate under solvent-free conditions

Abstract

Iron zirconium phosphate nanoparticles have been used as an efficient catalyst for the selective oxidation of a wide range of alcohols to their corresponding ketones or aldehydes using H2O2 as an oxidizing agent without any organic solvent or additive. The steric factors associated with the substrates had a significant influence on the reaction conditions. The results showed that this method can be applied for chemoselective oxidation of benzyl alcohols in the presence of aliphatic alcohols. The catalyst used in the current study was characterized by ICP-OES, XRD, N2 adsorption–desorption, NH3-TPD, Py-FTIR, SEM, and TEM.