Skip to main content
. 2020 Jun 22;10(40):23543–23553. doi: 10.1039/d0ra03483e

Comparison of this work with some recent publications for catalytic oxidation reactions of toluene.

Entry Catalyst Reaction conditions Conv. (%) Major product
1 (ref. 29) MnWO4 nanobars (0.01 g, 5 wt%) Toluene (0.2 mL), CH3CN (8 mL), H2O2 (3 equiv.), T = 80 °C, time = 24 h 60 Benzaldehyde
2 (ref. 30) Mn0.3Zr0.7O2 Toluene (1000 ppm), 20% O2 balanced by N2, total flow rate = 50 mL min−1, weight hourly space velocity = 60 000 mL gcat−1 h−1, T = 235 °C, in a fixed-bed quartz tubular reactor 90 Maleic anhydride
3 (ref. 31) Cu functionalized nano-crystalline ZSM-5 (1 g, 0.4 wt%) Toluene (25 mL), deionized water (25 mL), H2O2 (25 mL), T = 180 °C, time = 4 h, in a PARR autoclave reactor, N2 gas pressure = 5.0 bar 96 Benzoic acid
4 (ref. 32) Pd–Ag@CeO2 (100 mg) Toluene (500 ppm), 20% O2 balanced with N2, T = 88 °C, total gas flow rate = 33.3 mL min−1, visible light intensity = 160 mW cm−2 50 Not identified
5 (ref. 33) Polystyrene grafted vanadium Schiff base complex (30 mg, 6.58 wt%) Toluene (5 mmol), CH3CN (10 mL), H2O2 (15 mmol), T = 65 °C, time = 6 h 79 Benzaldehyde
6 (ref. 34) Pt28 subnanocatalyst (10 mg, 0.216 wt%) Toluene (2 mL), O2 (1 MPa), T = 160 °C, time = 15 h, in an autoclave reactor 1000 μmol product Benzoic acid
7 (ref. 35) MnTPPCl (1.0 × 10−3 mmol) Toluene (5 mmol), cyclohexene (3 mmol), CH3CN (10 mL), O2 (1.2 MPa), T = 160 °C, time = 4 h 13 Benzoic acid
8 (ref. 36) Fe3O4@SiO2-APTES-MnLGDC (40 mg, 2 mol%) Toluene (1 mmol), solvent free, TBHP (4 equiv., 70%), T = 60 °C, time = 20 h 71 Benzoic acid
This work VO 2+ @SiO 2 @Fe 3 O 4 (40 mg, 52 mol%) Toluene (1 mmol), H 2 O (0.5 mL), O 2 balloon, T = RT, time = 10 h 99 Benzyl alcohol
Toluene (1 mmol), H 2 O (0.5 mL), Ar, TBHP (2 equiv., 70%), T = RT, time = 8 h 99 Benzoic acid