The Impact of Hydrogen Peroxide as An Oxidant for Solvent-free Liquid Phase Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol using Au-Pd Supported Carbon and Titanium Catalysts

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Submitted: 08-05-2017
Published: 11-06-2018
Section: Original Research Articles
In 2018: BCREC Volume 13 Issue 2 Year 2018 (SCOPUS and Web of Science Indexed, August 2018)
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The solvent free oxidation of benzyl alcohol was conducted employing Au and Pd supported catalysts, while utilizing hydrogen peroxide 35% (H2O2) as the oxidant, H2O2 is  very cheap, mild, and an environment friendly reagent, which produced water as the only by-product. Various proportions of Au-Pd catalysts on carbon and titanium oxide activated as supports were synthesized through the use of sol immobilization catalyst synthesis technique. Characterization of the synthesized catalysts was performed using X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM), and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). It was found that the synthesized Au-Pd/ activated carbon catalyst was  beneficial for the solvent free oxidation of benzyl alcohol after its containing high surface area measuring 871 m2g-1. Analysis of the TEM data and particle dimension revealed smaller and narrower particle size of 1 wt%. Thus, the distribution of Au-Pd/C was attained. Carbon-supported bimetallic catalysts presented a higher conversion compared to catalysts that are supported titanium oxide (TiO2) for for the oxidation reaction of benzyl alcohol. It was determined that this technique was a suitable process for catalyst synthesis with high selectivity, same distribution of the particle size and activations. Copyright © 2018 BCREC Group. All rights reserved

Received: 8th May 2017; Revised: 22nd February 2018; Accepted: 6th March 2018; Available online: 11st June 2018; Published regularly: 1st August 2018

How to Cite: Sanaa Tareq, S., Saiman, M.I., Yun Hin, T.Y., Abdullah, A.H., Rashid, U. (2018). The Impact of Hydrogen Peroxide as An Oxidant for Solvent-free Liquid Phase Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol using Au-Pd Supported Carbon and Titanium Catalysts. Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering & Catalysis, 13 (2): 373-385 (doi:10.9767/bcrec.13.2.1204.373-385)

 

Keywords

Benzyl Alcohol; Solvent Free Oxidation; Hydrogen Peroxide; Palladium and Gold Supported Catalyst

  1. Sarhan Sanaa Tareq 
    1Catalysis Science and Technology Research Centre, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science for Women, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
  2. Mohd. Izham Saiman 
    Catalysis Science and Technology Research Centre, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
  3. Taufiq-Yap Yun Hin 
    Catalysis Science and Technology Research Centre, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
  4. Abdul Halim Abdullah 
    Catalysis Science and Technology Research Centre, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
  5. Umer Rashid 
    Institute of Advanced Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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