Graphene oxide-iron phthalocyanine catalyzed aerobic oxidation of alcohols

• Synthesis of graphene oxide covalently functionalized with iron phthalocyanine (GO-FePc).
• GO-FePc as new heterogeneous catalyst.
• GO-FePc with high selectivity and activity catalyst for oxidation reaction in water.
• A recyclable and environmentally friendly catalyst.

Highly active catalyst based on iron phthalocyanine covalently supported on graphene oxide nanosheets was synthesized which contained 12% w/w FePc as active phase. The synthesized catalyst was used for the selective oxidation of various alcohols to the corresponding aldehyde and ketone derivatives by molecular oxygen under environmentally-friendly conditions. Prepared materials were characterized by TGA, FT-IR, TEM, XPS, and XRD techniques. The results showed that the catalyst could be easily recovered and reused for several times without significant loss of activity and selectivity.

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