Issue 12, 2020

A novel, mesoporous molybdenum doped titanium dioxide/reduced graphene oxide composite as a green, highly efficient solid acid catalyst for acetalization

Abstract

A novel, mesoporous composite of Mo doped TiO2/reduced graphene oxide is synthesized to be used as a highly efficient heterogeneous acid catalyst. The composite has a high surface area (263 m2 g−1) and a monomodal pore size distribution with an average pore diameter of 3.4 nm. A comprehensive characterization of the synthesized material was done using PXRD, Raman, BET, SEM, EDX, TEM, TGA, and XPS. The composite exhibited excellent catalytic activity (1.6 h−1 TOF, >99% GC yield, and >99% selectivity) towards acetalization of cyclohexanone at room tempertaure within 30 minutes. The catalyst was reusable up to 4 reaction cycles without any significant loss in the activity and the acidic site calculations showed that the reaction is mostly driven by the weak acidic sites on the composite.

Graphical abstract: A novel, mesoporous molybdenum doped titanium dioxide/reduced graphene oxide composite as a green, highly efficient solid acid catalyst for acetalization

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
10 sep 2019
Accepted
28 nov 2019
First published
02 dec 2019

Dalton Trans., 2020,49, 3786-3795

Author version available

A novel, mesoporous molybdenum doped titanium dioxide/reduced graphene oxide composite as a green, highly efficient solid acid catalyst for acetalization

W. R. K. Thalgaspitiya, T. Kankanam Kapuge, J. He, P. Kerns, A. G. Meguerdichian and S. L. Suib, Dalton Trans., 2020, 49, 3786 DOI: 10.1039/C9DT03633D

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