P-W-B-98 Selective Oxidation of Phenol to Catechol By Air Using Co(II) Salen Catalyst Supported on SBA-15 and Kinetic Determination

Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Ballroom B (Lawrence Convention Center)
Daniela Xulú Martínez Vargas1, Carlos D. Garcia2, Javier Rivera de la Rosa1, Saba Arif Iyoob2, Carlos J. Lucio Ortiz1 and Felipe de J. Cerino Cordoba1, (1)Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico, (2)The University of Texas at San Antonio, USA.
Synthesis and characterization of Co salen complex catalyst supported on SBA-15, applied in the phenol oxidation to produce catechol using air as oxidant agent. Activity tests at 25, 38 and 50°C showed a good fitting with reversible first order reaction and kinetic parameters were obtained.

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