Potent Heterogeneous Catalyst for Low Temperature Selective Oxidation of Cyclohexanol by Molecular Oxygen

Table 1

Oxidation of cyclohexanol to cyclohexanone by molecular oxygen.

Catalyst	% conversion	% selectivity
—	0	0
ZrO2	3.7	>99
0.01 wt% Pt/ZrO2	31.23	>99

Reaction conditions: Cat, 0.1 g; time: 6 hrs; temp., 353 K; flow, 40 mL/min; pO₂, 760 torr; cyclohexanol, 10 mL; and stirring, 900 rpm.