Room-temperature catalytic oxidation of alcohols with the polyoxovanadate salt Cs5(V14As8O42Cl)

McKenzie L. Campbell, Dino Sulejmanovic, Jacqueline B. Schiller, Emily M. Turner, Shiou Jyh Hwu, Daniel C. Whitehead

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Abstract

While many known methods for oxidation mediated by polyoxometalates (POMs) employ environmentally friendly co-oxidants, they tend to employ large catalyst loadings (e.g. 40 mol%) and costly high reaction temperatures (~90-135 °C) that potentially contribute to the degradation of the catalyst and reduce their effectiveness. Herein, we present some initial results demonstrating a room temperature catalytic oxidation using the reduced salt-inclusion polyoxometalate, Cs5(V14As8O42Cl), that contains polyoxovanadate (POV) clusters as an efficient catalyst (e.g., 2 mol%) in the transformation of secondary alcohols to their corresponding ketones in very good to quantitative yields. Further, the catalyst can be suspended on celite and recycled.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3208-3213
Number of pages6
JournalCatalysis Science and Technology
Volume6
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes

Funding

We would like to thank the Clemson University Chemistry Department for their support.

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Clemson University Chemistry Department

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