Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
52695 Catalysis Communications 2009 5 Pages PDF
Abstract

The oxidation of 4-methylanisole (MA) to 2-methoxy-5-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone (MMBQ) in acetic acid using H2O2 as oxidant over Cu/MCM-41 was studied for the first time. Efficient conversion rate of MA (81%) and reasonable selectivity of MMBQ (78%) was obtained. Fast hot catalyst filtration experiment proved that Cu/MCM-41 acted as a heterogeneous catalyst and it can be reused a number of times with almost the same activity.

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