Nitrogen-containing mesoporous carbon (N-MC) was synthesized by a templating method using SBA-15 and polypyrrole as a templating agent and a carbon precursor, respectively. The N-MC was then modified to have a positive charge, and thus, to provide a site for the immobilization of [PMo 10 V 2 O 40 ] 5− . By taking advantage of the overall negative charge of [PMo 10 V 2 O 40 ] 5− , H 5 PMo 10 V 2 O 40 (PMo 10 V 2 ) catalyst was chemically immobilized on the N-MC support as a charge-matching component. Characterization results showed that nitrogen in the N-MC played an important role in forming a nitrogen-derived functional group (amine group), and PMo 10 V 2 catalyst was finely and chemically immobilized on the nitrogen-derived functional group of N-MC support. In the vapor-phase selective conversion of methanol, the PMo 10 V 2 /N-MC catalyst showed a higher conversion of methanol than the bulk PMo 10 V 2 catalyst. Furthermore, the PMo 10 V 2 /N-MC catalyst showed a higher selectivity for dimethoxymethane (a product formed by bifunctional oxidation-acid-acid catalysis) and a higher selectivity for methylformate (a product formed by bifunctional oxidation-acid-oxidation catalysis) than the PMo 10 V 2 catalyst. Reaction pathway for selective conversion of methanol to dimethoxymethane over PMo 10 V 2 /N-MC catalyst could be controlled by changing the methanol feed rate.