Table 1 Performance of manganese oxides with different amount of HAc modifiers in ammoxidation of 4-hydroxymethylbenzaldehyde

From: Carboxylic acid-modified metal oxide catalyst for selectivity-tunable aerobic ammoxidation

Entry

HAc/MnO x (mol%)

Conv. (%)

Select. (%)

2

3

1a

0

>99

0

81 ± 1

2

6

>99

12 ± 3

66 ± 1

3

12

>99

45 ± 1

41 ± 3

4

30

>99

71 ± 2

25 ± 2

5

120

>99

91 ± 1

2 ± 1

6

300

>99

92 ± 1

1 ± 0.4

  1. Reaction conditions: 0.5 mmol 4-hydroxymethylbenzaldehyde, 0.17 mmol MnO x , 5 mL CH3CN, 0.3 MPa NH3, 0.3 MPa O2 at 80 °C for 3 h
  2. a18  ±  1% 4-Cyanobenzamide was detected