Eurasian Chemico-Technological Journal (Mar 2001)

Hydroxylation of Phenol over M-MCM-48

  • Ch. Subrahmanyam,
  • B. Louis,
  • B. Viswanathan,
  • A. Renken,
  • T.K. Varadarajan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.18321/ectj418
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 59 – 63

Abstract

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The synthesis and characterization of M-MCM-48 (M= Si, Ti, V, Cr and Mn) materials have been carried out. These systems promote hydroxylation of phenol with 30 % H2O2 and the hydroxylation activity is highest for Ti-MCM-48. Water appears to be a better solvent than acetone and acetonitrile.