O-M-408-14 Molybdenum Blue Nano-Rings: An Effective Catalyst for the Partial Oxidation of Cyclohexane

Monday, June 15, 2015: 4:00 PM
408-410 (Lawrence Convention Center)
Xi Liu1, Marco Conte1, Weihao Weng2, Qian He2, Robert Jenkins1, Masashi Watanabe2, David Knight1, David Morgan1, Damien Murphy1, Keith Whiston3, Graham J. Hutchings1 and Christopher J. Kiely2, (1)Cardiff University, United Kingdom, (2)Lehigh University, USA, (3)Invista Textiles (UK) Ltd, United Kingdom.
Molybdenum blue (MB) is shown to have excellent catalytic activity and stability in the selective oxidation of cyclohexane to cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone which are important intermediates in the production of nylon. The first images of the MB ring structure are also presented.

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