Low temperature activation of benzylic CH bonds with heterogeneous Fe/MgO catalyst under atmospheric molecular oxygen Original Research Article

The room temperature benzylic oxidation was performed with Fe/MgO catalyst. This Fe/MgO catalyst was prepared by the dissolution-precipitation method. This heterogeneous catalyst, Fe/MgO, activated the CH bond with atmospheric molecular oxygen even at 10 °C; its catalytic activity was greatly enhanced by the addition of N-hydroxyphthalimide (NHPI) and/or acetaldehyde.