Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry

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Synthesis of CuO/Al-SBA-15 Catalysts and Their Catalytic Performance for Hydroxylation of Phenol

LIU Huihui*, JIANG Tianlong, WANG Yanqin   

  1. (School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering,East China University of
    Science and Technology,Shanghai 200237,China)
  • Received:2013-04-26 Revised:2013-06-05 Published:2014-03-10 Online:2014-03-10

Abstract: A series of catalysts, mesoporous molecular sieves(Al-SAB-15) supported copper oxide(CuO/Al-SBA-15) with different copper content and Si/Al mass ratios, was characterized by small X-ray diffraction, N2 adsorption-desorption and the catalytic activity in the phenol hydroxylation reaction. The mesostructure was found to become disordered with the copper content increasing. High catalytic conversion up to 61.2% was achieved with 3% copper. A 57.9% conversion for the phenol hydroxylation with the catalyst supported on Al-SAB-15 is higher than the 43.6% conversion with the catalyst supported on SBA-15 after 5 recycles. This may be attributed to the increased surface charges associated with Al cations and the resulted uniformly dispersed Cu.

Key words: phenol hydroxylation, mesoporous molecular sieves, CuO/Al-SBA-15

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