Research Article

Identification of Active Phase for Selective Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol with Molecular Oxygen Catalyzed by Copper-Manganese Oxide Nanoparticles

Table 2

Comparison of Mn-based catalyst with earlier reported results for its catalytic performance in oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde.

CatalystConversion (%)Selectivity (%)Temp. (°C)Specific activity (mmol·g−1·h−1)Reference

MnO237.798.68048.51[42]
Cu-Mn oxide/C and TEMPO100>998015.47[51]
Cu2Mn-TEMPO98.898.312015.28[50]
CuMn2 oxide1009910215.00This work
Mn-Cu-TEMPO98.098.02013.37[58]
Mn-Fe-HD53.970.69411.21[36]
Ru/MnOx/CeO2>99.0>99409.80[47]
Amorphous M n O 𝑥 -11072.71001109.69[41]
[ M n ( b p y ) 2 ] 2 + / H M S 49.2100509.23[46]
M n 6 N i 4 hydroxide89.0991008.90[49]
CuMn4 oxide99951028.49[53]
Mn-Cr-HT18.799.52107.23[37]
H-K-OMS-297.01001104.85[40]
K-OMS-272.01001103.38[39]
K ( 1 ) M n ( 1 ) / 𝛾 - A l 2 O 3 72.9>991002.43[43]
M n ( 1 ) / 𝛾 - A l 2 O 3 - 𝑝 93.0>991002.33[45]
K(2)Mn(1)/C99.0>991001.65[59]
C u 1 M n 4 / A l 2 O 3 90.9>991001.52[52]
10 wt.%Mn/AC42.5>991001.06[44]
MnCl2/Montmorillonite-K1099.0100600.20[60]