Fabrication of Bimetal CuFeO Oxide Redox-Active Nanocatalyst for Oxidation of Pinene to Renewable Aroma Oxygenates.

This study report on the synthesis of spinel CuFeO nanostructures by surfactant-assisted method. The catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), laser Raman, transition electron microscope (TEM), scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray (EDX), hydrogen temperature programmed reduction (H-TPR), and Brunauer-Teller-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area techniques. CuFeO was active for pinene oxidation using tertiary butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) to pinene oxide, verbenol, and verbenone aroma oxygenates.