Preparation, characterization and catalytic oxidation activity of vanadium incorporated nano porous manganese oxide octahedral molecular sieves (OMS-2) catalysts

Oxidation is one of the most important process steps for producing fine chemicals from petroleum and vegetable feedstock. Selective oxidation of the hydroxyl group of alcohols is the most commons,and a variety of techniques for carrying this out are known.Alcohol oxidation is conventionally performed with stoichiometric amounts of Cr(VI) compounds or other inorganic oxidants [1].The major drawback of this stoichiometric protocol is the generation of large amounts of heavy metal waste. This gives rise to the need for milder catalytic process utilizing dioxygen or H2O2 as the oxygen source [2-4].