javad gholami - School of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
alireza badiei - School of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
alireza abbasi - School of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
mehrdad manteghian - Department of Chemical Engineering,Chemical Engineering Group, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

Direct oxidation of benzene to phenol in liquid phase in the medium of methanol, acetone, acetic acid and acetonitrile as a solvent over chromium catalyst supported on highly ordered nanoporous silica (Cr-LUS-1)by H2O2 were examined. The best results obtained from methanol solvent with 20% yield and selectivity of 90%. Cr-LUS-1 characterized by XRD, nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherms and visible spectrophotometer.

Benzene/ Oxidation/ Phenol /Chromium /Nanoporous Silica /LUS-1