Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical

Manganese phthalocyanine immobilized on silica gel: Efficient and recyclable catalyst for single-step oxidative esterification of aldehydes with alcohols

RK Sharma, S Gulati

Index: Sharma; Gulati, Shikha Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 2012 , vol. 363-364, p. 291 - 303

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Citation Number: 21

Abstract

The functionalization of silica gel was carried out using 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane as a reactive surface modifier followed by covalent grafting of novel tetrakis-(2-methoxy-4- formylphenoxy) phthalocyaninato manganese (III) acetate complex. The resulting inorganic– organic hybrid material was found to be a highly selective and recyclable catalyst for the single-step synthesis of esters. The catalyst was characterized by elemental analysis ( ...