Aerobic oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde catalyzed by carbon nanotubes without any promoter

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 240, Issue , 2014, Pages 434-442

  Luo, Jin ^a,b   Yu, Hao ^a   Wang, Hongjuan ^a   Wang, Haihui ^a   Peng, Feng ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b LINGNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aerobic oxidation; Benzyl alcohol; Carbon nanotubes; Heterogeneous catalysis

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC OXIDATIONS; BENZYL ALCOHOL; CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; LIQUID-PHASE OXIDATION; METAL-FREE CATALYSTS; REACTION CONDITIONS; SELECTIVE OXIDATION; TERMINAL OXIDANTS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

OXIDATION;

EID: 84890938787     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.11.093     Document Type: Article

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