@article {48784,
	title = {One-pot synthesized efficient molybdenum-niobium-oxide nanocatalyst for selective C-O and C-N coupling reactions at mild conditions},
	journal = {Catalysis Communications},
	volume = {183},
	year = {2023},
	month = {OCT},
	pages = {106766},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {<p>
	An efficient molybdenum-niobium-oxide nanomaterial was synthesized by a one-pot hydrothermal method for selective C-O (glycerol ketalization) and C-N coupling (benzylamine oxidation) reactions. The catalytically favourable properties, such as defective metal sites, truncated surfaces, and uniform metal dispersion in the MoO3-Nb2O5 nanorods, calcined at 500 degrees C (MoNb OPS-5), were confirmed by Raman, HR-TEM, and STEM-EDX, respectively. Because of improved Lewis/Bronsted acidic strength, the MoNb OPS-5 catalyst showed higher activity in glycerol ketalization and benzylamine oxidation at mild conditions, giving superior selectivity to solketal (97\%) and dibenzylimine (99\%), respectively. The MoNb OPS-5 catalyst showed high structural stability and considerable good reusability efficacy.</p>
},
	keywords = {C-O and C-N coupling, Glycerol and benzylamine, Mo-Nb-O nanocatalyst, nanocatalysts, One-pot hydrothermal synthesis},
	issn = {1566-7367},
	doi = {10.1016/j.catcom.2023.106766},
	author = {Kalbande, Pavan Narayan and Singh, Nittan and Swapna, Bhattu and Umbarkar, Shubhangi and Sudarsanam, Putla}
}
