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RSC ADVANCES
Volume 6, Issue 100, Pages 98406-98412Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c6ra20566f
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21301071, 21571083]
- Government of Zhejiang Province (Qianjiang Professorship)
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Three reusable, recoverable, iron(III) complexes incorporating periodic mesoporous organosilica PMO-Fe-1-PMO-Fe-3 were prepared. The composition, morphology, and textural properties with ordered mesoporous channel structure of the prepared materials were characterized by FT-IR, ICP, TGA, BET, SEM and TEM. Their catalytic performances were tested in the direct hydroxylation of benzene to phenol in liquid phase using H2O2 as oxidant. As expected, the incorporation of active-iron-centers within hydrophobic periodic mesoporous organosilica prevents over-oxidation of the designed phenol and hence significantly improves the selectivity of phenol with nearly two-folds compared with their corresponding homogeneous iron precursors Fe-1-Fe-3. In addition, these heterogeneous catalysts can be recovered and reused for at least four times without any significant loss of catalytic activity and selectivity.
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