Abstract

Under mild conditions, monosubstituted benzyl alcohols were oxidized to benzaldehydes and benzoic acids in the presence of sodium 30-tungstopentaphosphate (Preyssler's anion), [NaP5W30O120]14− , and hydrogen peroxide as an oxidant. This polyanion with high hydrolytic stability (pH = 0–12), high thermal stability, and high acidic strength shows good activities. The effects of various parameters on the yield of the products, including a catalyst type, a nature of the substitutents, and temperature, were studied. Comparison between Keggin's heteropolyacids, H3[PW12O40], H3[PMo12O40], H4[SiW12O40], and H4[SiMo12O40], and Preyssler's anion shows that this polyanion reacts similar to Keggin's acids whitout any degradation of the structure.

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