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Abstract V-doped hexagonal WO3 microspheres comprising of nanoblocks were successfully prepared via a facile hydrothermal approach. Several techniques such as XRD, SEM, TEM, FTIR, EDS, TPR, BET and Raman have been performed and the characterization results reveal that V replaced W atoms into the hexagonal lattice-structure. The microspheres possess diameter of about 4.4 μm and the nanoblocks have thicknesses of 40-100 nm and widths of about 150 nm. In addition, the catalytic performance of the obtained V-doped WO3 nanomaterial was investigated in the ammoxidation of dichlorotoluene. The catalytic results indicate that the as-prepared nanostructures show significantly improved selective performance with the selectivities of 3,4-DCBN and 2,6-DCBN reaching up to 89.8% and 86.2%, respectively.