Selectivity adjustment of SBA-15 based tungstate catalyst in oxidation of sulfides by incorporating a hydrophobic organic group inside the mesochannels
A novel heterogeneous catalyst system comprising tungstate ions embedded into the hydrophobic mesochannels of SBA-15 was found to exhibit significant selectivity enhancement in oxidation of sulfides in water or water/CH3CN using 30% H2O2. Our studies demonstrated that the presence of an n-octyl group in the interior of nanospaces of our catalyst system provides a hydrophobic/hydrophilic region in the mesochannels of the ...