TITLE:
Halloysite Nanotubes Supported Gold Catalyst for Cyclohexene Oxidation with Molecular Oxygen
AUTHORS:
Zhen-Yu Cai, Ming-Qiao Zhu, Huan Dai, Yi Liu, Jian-Xin Mao, Xin-Zhi Chen, Chao-Hong He
KEYWORDS:
Gold Catalyst, HNTs, Cyclohexene Oxidation, Oxygen
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Chemical Engineering and Science,
Vol.1 No.1,
March
2,
2011
ABSTRACT: The selective oxidation of cyclohexene to 2-cyclohexene-1-ol and 2-cyclohexene-1-one has been investi-gated over Au/HNTs (HNTs: halloysite nanotubes) catalysts with molecular oxygen in a solvent-free system. The catalysts were prepared by deposition precipitation method and characterized by ICP-AES, TEM and XRD. The results show that the catalytic performance of Au/HNTs is quite well and the catalytic activity over recycled catalyst remains highly. Moreover, the nano-size effect of gold is also reported for the reaction.