Abstract:

Three manganese oxide octahedral molecular sieves(OMS2), K-OMS2, H-K-OMS-2 and Cu-OMS-2, were synthesized according to the literature. The structure and composition of the obtained materials were characterized by SEM and XRD. OMS-2 was applied to the selective oxidation of alcohols to generate corresponding aldehydes or ketones. The effects of reaction time and temperature on the catalytic reactions were investigated in ionic liquid [bmim]PF6 when different OMS-2 materials were used as catalysts. The conversion and selectivity of benzylic or allylic alcohols catalyzed by H-K-OMS-2 both reached over 90%. The solvent and catalyst could be recovered from the reaction system by extraction method and vacuum distillation method respectively. The catalytic system recovered by vacuum distillation method showed better recycling performance.

Key words: manganese oxide, octahedral molecular sieve, alcohol, oxidation, ionic liquid