Abstract
Siva Prasad Das
Abstract
The work presented here is the design and synthesis of heterogeneous molybdenum(VI) catalyst supported on Merrifield resin. The catalyst was synthesized by pre-functionalization of the Merrifield resin with a Schiff Base. The synthetic process was simple and clean. The synthesized compounds were characterized by different physicochemical and spectroscopic techniques such as elemental, SEM, EDX, thermal, BET, etc. The catalytic activity of the complex was studied towards the oxidation of alcohols. A wide variety of alcohols such as primary, secondary or benzylic alcohols were oxidized into aldehydes or ketones. All the reactions were selective and isolate the products in pure form. The reactions were solventless and used aqueous H2O2 as oxidant. The catalyst offered regeneration and recycled for several times.