TY - JOUR
T1 - Unprecedented oxidative properties of mesoporous silica materials
T2 - Towards microwave-assisted oxidation of lignin model compounds
AU - Badamali, Sushanta K.
AU - Luque, Rafael
AU - Clark, James H.
AU - Breeden, Simon W.
PY - 2013/1/10
Y1 - 2013/1/10
N2 - The unusual oxidative ability of mesoporous silicas towards oxidation of an important lignin model molecule, 1,2-(4-hydroxy-3methoxy-phenoxy) ethanol, apocynol under microwave irradiation is presented in this work. Mesoporous MCM-41, HMS, SBA-15 and amorphous silica were employed as catalysts in the present study. Different reactivities were obtained for the various silica materials. It was assumed that the substrate conversion and product selectivity were highly influenced by the nature of mesoporous silica materials. Based on the nature of the catalysts and reaction product profile, a plausible mechanism has been proposed.
AB - The unusual oxidative ability of mesoporous silicas towards oxidation of an important lignin model molecule, 1,2-(4-hydroxy-3methoxy-phenoxy) ethanol, apocynol under microwave irradiation is presented in this work. Mesoporous MCM-41, HMS, SBA-15 and amorphous silica were employed as catalysts in the present study. Different reactivities were obtained for the various silica materials. It was assumed that the substrate conversion and product selectivity were highly influenced by the nature of mesoporous silica materials. Based on the nature of the catalysts and reaction product profile, a plausible mechanism has been proposed.
KW - Apocynol
KW - Lignin degradation
KW - Mesoporous silica
KW - Microwaves
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U2 - 10.1016/j.catcom.2012.11.006
DO - 10.1016/j.catcom.2012.11.006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84869885380
SN - 1566-7367
VL - 31
SP - 1
EP - 4
JO - Catalysis Communications
JF - Catalysis Communications
ER -