Abstract
A selectivity-switchable oxidation of benzyl alcohol by molecular oxygen is achieved with the iron doped graphene (FeGr) supported gold catalysts. The oxidative esterification process is dominant with Au/FeGr and K2CO3 as the catalyst in methanol where a 96.2% conversion of benzyl alcohol and 99.9% selectivity of methyl benzoate were obtained. While, the oxidation of benzyl alcohol is orientated to produce benzaldehyde in n-butanol using AuPd/FeGr as the catalyst, in which an 89.1% conversion and 87.5% selectivity of benzaldehyde was attained. Moreover, the effects of the additive, reaction medium and reaction time were investigated. Also, the oxidation of different benzylic alcohols was successfully performed under the optimal conditions. Furthermore, the used catalysts were characterized by XRD, NH3-TPD, SEM, Roman, TG-DTA and BET techniques. Based on the experimental results and phenomena, a possible reaction mechanism is proposed for the selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol with molecular oxygen in which alkyl benzoate is produce through the hemiacetal intermediate of benzaldehyde with short chain alcohol, and the generation rate of hemiacetal decides the selectivity of product.
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