Dipyridine Amine Octamolybdates Hybrid Material Effectively Catalyzed Oxidation of Sulfide Derivatives with Hydrogen Peroxide

With the increasing interest in polyoxometalates (POMs) materials over the past few decades, scientific researchers have focused their attention on the fruitful utilization of POMs hybrids as efficient catalysts in many organic reactions. In this paper, dipyridine amine (dpa) organic ligand hybrid polyoxomolybdate material was solvothermally synthesized and structurally identified by elemental analysis, X-ray diffraction and infrared spectrum. Structural refinement of the hybrid polyoxomolybdate compound 1 with general formula [Hdpa]4Mo8O26 · 2DMF (DMF = N,N-dimethylformamide) shows that compound 1 presents in the space group P-1 with triclinic system, and is built up from a well-known β-[Mo8O26]4– anionic cluster, four free protonated dpa cations and two free DMF molecules. Remarkably, the β-Mo8O26-based hybrid material was further applied as the catalyst in the conversion of sulfides utilizing hydrogen peroxide (30%) as green terminal oxidant and exhibited efficient catalytic activities for selective oxidation of sulfides.