Author(s)

Alaa H. Hussein^1,2,3, Ahmad Khalil^1,2, Mohamad Jahjah^1,2, Mourtada Srour^1,2, Rabih Jahjah^1,2, Nicolas Duget³, Marc Lemaire³, Daoud Naoufal^1,2*

¹Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination Inorganique et Organométallique (LCIO), Université Libanaise, Faculté des Sciences I, Hadath, Liban.
²Ecole Doctorale des Sciences et Technologie EDST, PRASE, Université Libanaise, Hadath, Liban.
³Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires (ICBMS), UMR 5246 CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France.

Several types of solid acid catalysts were prepared based on oxides like (ZrO₂, TiO₂, HfO₂, MCM-41 and SBA-15). Each catalyst was subjected separately to two types of impregnations: sulfate ions and niobium. The catalytic activity of these solids was tested in the oxidation reaction of 1-octanol. These catalysts showed acidic and redox characters. MCM-41 and SBA-15 materials showed higher redox catalytic activities through the formation of (octyl octanoate, peroxyacetal and octanal). Our interest was focused on obtaining the ester (octyl octanoate) with high yields.

MCM-41, SBA-15, Niobium, Sulfated Oxide, Oxidation

Hussein, A. , Khalil, A. , Jahjah, M. , Srour, M. , Jahjah, R. , Duget, N. , Lemaire, M. and Naoufal, D. (2018) Catalytic Properties of Various Oxides and Mesoporous Materials Containing Niobium and Sulfate Ions, in the Oxidation Reaction of 1-Octanol. International Journal of Organic Chemistry, 8, 41-53. doi: 10.4236/ijoc.2018.81003.