Patent ID: 11964264
Assignee: KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  C | IPC B  C

Claim 0:
1. A method of catalyzing oxidation of an alcohol, the method comprising:
contacting a TiO2—ZnO nanoparticle coated with a copper (II) complex with the alcohol in the presence of aqueous H2O2 or tBuOOH; and
obtaining a corresponding aldehyde and acid;, wherein the TiO2—ZnO nanoparticle coated with a copper (II) complex is prepared by a method comprising:
forming a mononuclear copper complex by treating a ligand with Cu2+ ions; and
immobilizing the mononuclear copper complex on TiO2—ZnO nanoparticles to obtain the TiO2—ZnO nanoparticle coated with the copper (II) complex;, wherein the ligand is 2-((4-hydroxybenzylidene)amino)phenol.