Abstract
A novel heterogeneous catalyst system comprising tungstate ions embedded into the hydrophobic mesochannels of SBA-15 was found to exhibit significant selectivity enhancement in oxidation of sulfides in water or water/CH3CN using 30% H2O2. Our studies demonstrated that the presence of an n-octyl group in the interior of nanospaces of our catalyst system provides a hydrophobic/hydrophilic region in the mesochannels of the catalyst where the active tungstate species are located and in turn results in at least three distinct important features. First of all, the catalyst comprising the n-octyl group shows much better water tolerance than the catalysts not having hydrophobic organic moieties. Moreover, the nonproductive decomposition of H2O2 was significantly inhibited in the present catalyst system. The present catalyst system also offers an unprecedented selectivity changeover depending on the hydrophobic nature of the initial sulfides and/or the utilized solvent mixture. While high yields and excellent sele...
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