TABLE 4.

Comparison of the performance of various catalyst systems and methods in the synthesis of benzyl alcohol.

Entry	Cat	Oxidant	Solvent	Temp (°C)	Time (h)	Yield (%)	Ref.
1	CoFe2O4 (2 mg)	O2	DMA	150	24	96.7	Gao et al. (2023)
2	Au/Al2O3 (100 mg)	O2	neat	130	5	44.8	Choudhary et al. (2005)
3	CeO2 (300 mg)	H2O2	neat	50	6	68	Tamizhdurai et al. (2017)
4	Au/γ-Al2O3 (75 mg)	TBHP	neat	125	5	73.4	Ndolomingo and Meijboom (2017)
5	CrBO3 (500 mg)	O2	neat	100	4	41	Ozturk et al. (2008)
6	NiFe2O4 NPs (10 mg)	TBHP	Acetonitrile	60	3	85	Iraqui et al. (2020)
7	CoAl2O4 (500 mg)	H2O2	Acetonitrile	80	5	61.5	Ragupathi et al. (2015)
8	MgAl2O4@ SiO2–PTA (50 mg)	H2O2	H2O	90	1.5	96	Heravi et al. (2020)
9	Au/γ-Al2O3 (300 mg)	H2O2	H2O	80	2	98	Long and Quan (2015)
10	[C7H7N(CH3)3]9PW9O34 (100 mg)	H2O2	DMAc	80	0.5	95	Weng et al. (2008)
11	Pd/Al-PILC (52 mg)	H2O2	Acetonitrile	82	3	82	Trikittiwong et al. (2023)
12	CoFe2O4 (5 mg)	O2	DMSO	25	14	95	Changwal and Ameta (2024)
13	Pd/CeO2 (20 mg)	O2	neat	120	2	90	Wang et al. (2022)
14	Pd/eg-C3N4-AN (20 mg)	O2	neat	90	8	81.8	Li et al. (2023c)
15	MnFe2O4 (20 mg)	H2O2	Acetonitrile	80	3	73	Wang et al. (2024b)
16	FeCl3/BHDC (10 mg)	H2O2	neat	25	2 min	98	This work