One-step catalytic or photocatalytic oxidation of benzene to phenol: possible alternative routes for phenol synthesis?

A Mancuso, O Sacco, D Sannino, V Venditto, V Vaiano - Catalysts, 2020 - mdpi.com
Phenol is an important chemical compound since it is a precursor of the industrial production
of many materials and useful compounds. Nowadays, phenol is industrially produced from …

Recent progress in catalytic oxygenation of aromatic C–H groups with the environmentally benign oxidants H2O2 and O2

RV Ottenbacher, EP Talsi… - Applied Organometallic …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Developing efficient approaches for the selective oxygenation of aromatic C–H groups has
been a challenging goal, interesting from both fundamental and practical perspectives …

Stabilizing CuPd bimetallic alloy nanoparticles deposited on holey carbon nitride for selective hydroxylation of benzene to phenol

Y Zhang, SJ Park - Journal of Catalysis, 2019 - Elsevier
Phenol is one of the most common intermediates for the synthesis of industrial chemicals. In
this paper, we report on the application of photocatalysis for phenol production by …

Microwave-assisted depolymerization of various types of waste lignins over two-dimensional CuO/BCN catalysts

Y Cao, SS Chen, DCW Tsang, JH Clark, VL Budarin… - Green …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Valorization of lignin to valuable chemicals and biofuels increases the economic viability of
sustainable biorefineries. This work aimed at elucidating how the lignin structures recovered …

Uniform single atomic Cu1-C4 sites anchored in graphdiyne for hydroxylation of benzene to phenol

J Yu, C Cao, H Jin, W Chen, Q Shen, P Li… - National Science …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
For single-atom catalysts (SACs), the catalyst supports are not only anchors for single atoms,
but also modulators for geometric and electronic structures, which determine their catalytic …

Phosphorization-derived MoP@ MoO3-x nanowires for selective photocatalytic oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde

Y Zhang, SJ Park - Journal of Catalysis, 2021 - Elsevier
The selective oxidation of small molecules to high-value-added products is regarded as a
promising approach to alleviating the worldwide energy crisis. In this work, heterogenous …

Tuning the selectivity of visible light-driven hydroxylation of benzene to phenol by using Cu, Fe and V oxides supported on N-doped TiO 2

A Mancuso, A Gottuso, F Parrino, RA Picca… - Green …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Cu, Fe and V oxides supported on N-TiO2 (Cu/N-TiO2, Fe/N-TiO2, and V/N-TiO2) were
synthesized by an incipient wet impregnation method. The prepared photocatalysts were …

Tailorable synthesis of heterogeneous enzyme–copper nanobiohybrids and their application in the selective oxidation of benzene to phenol

N Losada-García, A Rodríguez-Otero… - Catalysis Science & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
A protein-direct synthetic route to make nanobiohybrids containing copper nanoparticles
(CuNPs) using an enzyme in combination with copper sulfate in aqueous media at room …

Selective oxidation of simple aromatics catalyzed by nano-biomimetic metal oxide catalysts: a mini review

WH Wanna, D Janmanchi, N Thiyagarajan… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The process of selective oxy-functionalization of hydrocarbons using peroxide, O3, H2O2,
O2, and transition metals can be carried out by the reactive oxygen species such as …

Copper‐doped sulfonic acid‐functionalized MIL‐101 (Cr) metal–organic framework for efficient aerobic oxidation reactions

X Li, Z Zhou, Y Zhao, D Ramella… - Applied Organometallic …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A series of Cr‐based metal–organic framework MIL‐101‐SO3H bearing sulfonic acid
functional groups were utilized for the immobilization of catalytically active copper species …