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Ni-Zn supported defective carbon with multi-functional catalytic sites for Baeyer–Villiger reaction using air as oxidant

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The development of economic catalysts for aerobic oxidation procedure has attracted extensive attention. In this work, a novel Ni/Zn supported defective carbon with multi-functional catalytic sites was fabricated via a two-step pyrolysis-H2O2 treatment. The catalyst was applied to the Baeyer–Villiger (B–V) oxidation using ambient air as a green and safe oxidant. The catalyst with optimal Ni/Zn ratio of (2:1) delivers a high catalytic activity (> 92%) and perfect selectivity (> 99%) for the conversion of a wide range of substituted cyclic-ketones to the corresponding lactones. The characterization results have clarified that the H2O2 treatment leads to the formation of active N/O-group on the catalyst surface, which facilitates the adsorption of substrate/intermediate molecules and benefits the reaction. Moreover, the synergistic effect between multi-functional sites results in the buffering/stabilizing of free radicals, enhanced efficiency of oxygen insertion to form lactone. The design principle in this work is believed to shed light on the exploration of all-in-one solid catalyst for diverse oxidative reaction.

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Acknowledgements

This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21773195). Y.S. Sun also thanks the financial support from Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (2020A1515110904), State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, **amen University and Nanqiang Young Top-notch Talent Fellowship from **amen University.

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  1. National Engineering Laboratory for Green Chemical Productions of Alcohols-Ethers-Esters, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, **amen University, **amen, 361005, People’s Republic of China

    Xufei Ma, Bingkun Li, Kun Shi, Xuejuan Liao, Huimin Wang & Jianhui Li

  2. Department of Chemistry and Applied Chemistry, Changji University, Changji, 831110, People’s Republic of China

    Xufei Ma, Kun Shi, Lina Tang & Lizhong Zhang

  3. College of Energy, **amen University, **amen, 361005, People’s Republic of China

    Lina Tang & Yifei Sun

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Ma, X., Li, B., Shi, K. et al. Ni-Zn supported defective carbon with multi-functional catalytic sites for Baeyer–Villiger reaction using air as oxidant. J Mater Sci 56, 14684–14699 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-021-06197-2

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