A highly efficient and recyclable silica-supported palladium catalyst for alcohol oxidation reaction

A silica supported palladium catalyst (SiO2@APTES-Pd) showed excellent activity and reusability for selective oxidation of alcohols to corresponding carbonyl compounds with H2O2 as oxidant under base free environment. A wide range of alcohols including aliphatic alcohols are tolerated as substrates with a low loading of palladium (0.1 mol %).