02025nas a2200229   4500008004100000022001400041245016600055210006900221260007300290300001200363490000700375520113600382653002101518653001801539653001101557653001401568100002401582700001601606700002601622700001801648856012901666       2006                        eng d  a1387-181100aOxidation of ethyl benzene and diphenyl methane over ordered mesoporous M-MCM-41 (M = Ti, V, Cr): synthesis, characterization and structure-activity correlations0 aOxidation of ethyl benzene and diphenyl methane over ordered mes  aPO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDSbELSEVIER SCIENCE BVcOCT  a154-1630 v953 a<p>Transition metals (M = Ti, V, Cr) were incorporated into the MCM-41 framework by surfactant-assisted direct hydrothermal (DHT) methods and were characterized in detail by XRD, N-2 adsorption-desorption, TG-DTG/DTA, SEM/TEM, DR UV-Vis, XPS and EPR. The structural regularity as well as the textural properties of the M-MCM-41 materials was confirmed by XRD, TEM and adsorption-desorption techniques. Nature of metal species and the percentage of framework as well as extra framework metal sites in the MCM-41 matrix are discussed in detail by various spectroscopic techniques. The catalytic activity as well as the selectivity of the M-MCM-41 catalysts were explored in the one-step liquid-phase oxidation reaction of ethyl benzene and diphenyl methane. Reaction data showed that the oxidation activity is more when H2O2 was used an oxidant, acetonitrile as solvent and V-MCM-41 as catalyst. However, the selectivity towards the desired keto derivatives (ethyl benzene to acetophenone and diphenyl methane to benzophenone) follows the order, Ti-MCM-41 &gt; V-MCM-41 &gt; Cr-MCM-41. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.</p>10adiphenyl methane10aEthyl benzene10aMCM-4110aOxidation1 aJha, Ratnesh, Kumar1 aShylesh, S.1 aBhoware, Shrikant, S.1 aSingh, A., P.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/oxidation-ethyl-benzene-and-diphenyl-methane-over-ordered-mesoporous-m-mcm-41-m-ti-v-cr-0