Highly Selective Oxidation of Diphenylmethane to Benzophenone over Co/MCM-41

• DOI: 10.1246/cl.2005.1540
• Publication Date: 2005-10-17T05:56:58Z
• Authors: Fang Chang; Wanyi Li; Fei Xia; Zhiyin Yan; Jie Xiong; Jiaqiang Wang
• Keywords: Diphenylmethane

Abstract Highly selective formation of benzophenone (99.1%) from diphenylmethane is reported for the first time using H2O2 (30%) as an oxidant and Co/MCM-41 catalyst.