This invention discloses a catalyst for the production of p-cyanobenzoic acid and its preparation method, belonging to the field of catalyst technology. The method includes the following steps: adding an organic ligand solution dropwise to a
cobalt source, stirring, aging, centrifuging, collecting the
solid phase and washing to obtain a
cobalt-based MOF framework; dispersing the
cobalt-based MOF framework in a
copper source, stirring, filtering, and collecting the
solid phase to obtain
copper-cobalt doped particles; dispersing reduced
graphene oxide in deionized water, adding
sodium alginate, stirring evenly, adding
copper-cobalt doped particles and
ammonium dihydrogen
phosphate, continuing stirring, standing, centrifuging, collecting the lower gel precipitate, washing, and vacuum freeze-
drying to obtain an
aerogel precursor; carbonizing the
aerogel precursor in a
hydrogen-
argon mixed
atmosphere, cooling, and
grinding to obtain the catalyst. The catalyst prepared by this invention can efficiently catalyze the
cyanation reaction of p-bromobenzoic acid, improving the yield and purity of the target product, while also possessing excellent recycling performance.