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4.3 Results<br />

Scheme 4‐1: <strong>Oxidation</strong> of p‐xylene with molecular oxygen catalyzed by Ag/SiO2 in the presence of ceria and a<br />

carboxylic acid.<br />

Table 4‐2: <strong>Oxidation</strong> of p‐xylene with silver catalysts in the presence of CeO2 and carboxylic acid. Reaction<br />

conditions: 122 mmol p‐xylene, 3 mol‐% p‐toluic acid, 100 mg biphenyl, 100 mg catalyst, oxygen atmosphere,<br />

140 °C, 3 h reaction time.<br />

Yields (%)<br />

Catalyst<br />

107<br />

Combined<br />

TON a Entry<br />

imp 10%Ag/SiO2‐900 b 2.1 2.1 2.8 7.0 100 1<br />

imp 10%Ag/SiO2‐<br />

900 b,c<br />

2.0 2.0 2.8 6.8 100 2<br />

FSP 1%Ag/SiO2 b 0.4 0.6 0.2 1.2 160 3<br />

FSP 1%Ag/10%CeO2‐<br />

SiO2<br />

FSP 1%Ag/10%CeO2‐<br />

SiO2 d<br />

FSP 1%Ag/30%CeO2‐<br />

SiO2<br />

FSP 1%Ag/50%CeO2‐<br />

SiO2<br />

SiO2 b<br />

O 2<br />

Ag/SiO 2; CeO 2;<br />

Carboxylic acid<br />

OH O<br />

HO O O OH<br />

3.0 2.6 7.8 13.4 1800 4<br />

2.3 2.1 3.3 7.7 1000 5<br />

2.8 2.5 5.2 10.5 1400 6<br />

2.4 2.2 3.8 8.4 1100 7<br />

0.2 0.3 0.3 0.8 ‐ 8<br />

a Based on the number of product molecules with respect to the total amount of silver during one<br />

experiment. b 50 mg CeO2 added. c 3 mol‐% benzoic acid used instead of p‐toluic acid. d 1 st re‐use.<br />

No difference between benzoic acid and p‐toluic acid could be found with respect to the catalytic<br />

performance (Table 4‐2, entry 1 and 2). As underlined by reaction Scheme 4‐1, the second methyl<br />

group remained untouched due to the deactivating effect of the electron withdrawing substituent.<br />

Some p‐xylene hydroperoxide as an intermediate reaction product was also observed (less than 0.5<br />

%) but no pertoluic acid. Note that the reaction also proceeded in the absence of light in contrast to<br />

+<br />

O<br />

OH<br />

+

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