Chemistry Letters, Vol.34, No.11, 1540-1541, 2005
Highly selective oxidation of diphenylmethane to benzophenone over Co/MCM-41
Highly selective formation of benzophenone (99.1%) from diphenylmethane is reported for the first time using H,)02 (30%) as an oxidant and Co/MCM-41 as the catalyst.