Journal of catalysis

Selective liquid phase oxidation of o-xylene with gaseous oxygen by transition metal containing polysiloxane initiator/catalyst systems

T Förster, SA Schunk, A Jentys, JA Lercher

Index: Foerster, Tobias; Schunk, Stephan A.; Jentys, Andreas; Lercher, Johannes A. Journal of Catalysis, 2011 , vol. 283, # 1 p. 25 - 33

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Abstract

The selective liquid phase oxidation of o-xylene over hydrophobic porous Co2+ and Mn3+ containing polysiloxane catalysts showed that both catalysts had higher activity than the homogeneous benchmark system Co naphthenate. The solid catalyst/initiator systems accelerate the radical initiation and the hydroperoxide decomposition. 2-Methylbenzyl hydroperoxide plays a key role in the reaction network as it is the first observed ...