Abstract Novel organic-inorganic hybrid mesoporous materials containing diimine moieties inside the pore wall were used for the grafting of an oxo-vanadium Schiff base complex at the mesopore surface. The prepared catalyst was found to be highly active and selective for the oxidation of a variety of primary, secondary and α-hydroxy carbonyl compounds to the corresponding aldehydes, ketones and 1, 2-dicarbonyl compounds using tert-butyl ...
