%0 Journal Article %T TheRoleofVanadiafortheSelectiveOxidationofBenzylAlcoholoverHeteropolymolybdateSupportedAluminaCatalysts %A Pasupulet Siva Nageswara RAO %A Kasanneni Tirumala Venkateswara RAO %A Potharaju S. SAI PRASAD %A Nakka LINGAIAH %J ´ß»¯Ñ§±¨ %P 1719-1726 %D 2011 %R 10.1016/S1872-2067(10)60279-3 %X £¿Aseriesof12-molybdophosphoricacid(MPA)supportedonV2O5dispersed¦Ã-Al2O3catalystswithdifferentvanadialoadingswerepreparedbyimpregnationandcharacterizedbyN2adsorption-desorption,X-raydiffraction,temperature-programmedreduction,insitulaserRamanspectroscopy,UV-Visdiffusedreflectancespectroscopy,scanningelectronmicroscopy,andtemperature-programmeddesorptionofNH3techniques.Theircatalyticactivitieswereevaluatedforthevaporphaseaerobicoxidationofbenzylalcohol.Thecatalystsexhibitedhighcatalyticactivityandtheconversionofbenzylalcoholdependedonthevanadiacontentwhilethecatalystwith15wt%V2O5contentshowedoptimumactivity.Thecharacterizationresultssuggestthepresenceofwell-dispersedV2O5andpartiallydisintegratedKegginionsofMPAonthesupport.InsituRamanstudiesshowedareducedMo(IV)specieswhenthecatalystswerecalcinedathightemperatures.ThehighoxidationactivityofthecatalystsisrelatedtothesynergisticeffectbetweenMPAandV2O5. %K molybdophosphoricacid %K vanadia %K alumina %K oxidation %K benzylalcohol %U http://www.chxb.cn/CN/abstract/abstract20554.shtml