Adipic acid is an important raw chemical for the commercial production of polyamides and polyesters. The traditional industrial adipic acid production utilizes nitric acid to oxidize KA oil (mixtures of cyclohexanone and cyclohexanol), leading to the emission of N 2 O and thus causing ozone depletion, global warming, and acid rain. Herein, we reported an organically functionalized β-isomer of Anderson polyoxometalates (POMs) nanocluster with single-atom Mn, β-{[H 3 NC(CH 2 O) 3 ] 2 MnMo 6 O 18 } − (1), as a highly active catalyst to selectively catalyze the oxidation of cyclohexanone, cyclohexanol, or KA oil with atom economy use of 30% H 2 O 2 for the eco-friendly synthesis of adipic acid. The catalyst has been characterized by single crystal and powder XRD, XPS, ESI-MS, FT-IR, and NMR. A cyclohexanone (cyclohexanol) conversion of >99.9% with an adipic acid selectivity of~97.1% (~85.3%) could be achieved over catalyst 1 with high turnover frequency of 2427.5 h −1 (2132.5 h −1). It has been demonstrated that the existence of Mn 3+ atom active site in catalyst 1 and the special butterfly-shaped topology of POMs both play vital roles in the enhancement of catalytic activity.