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Designing a Heterogeneous Catalyst for the Production of Adipic Acid by Aerial Oxidation of Cyclohexane
Author(s) -
Dugal Markus,
Sankar Gopinathan,
Raja Robert,
Thomas John Meurig
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3773(20000703)39:13<2310::aid-anie2310>3.0.co;2-g
Subject(s) - cyclohexanol , cyclohexane , adipic acid , cyclohexanone , catalysis , molecular sieve , chemistry , catalytic oxidation , cycloalkane , organic chemistry
A critical dependance upon molecular constraints is found for the aerial, free radical, shape‐selective oxidation of cyclohexane (see picture). The oxidation occurs at the Fe III sites inside the framework of FeAlPO molecular‐sieve catalysts. Oxidation of cyclohexane with the catalyst FeAlPO‐5 produces predominantly cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone, but with FeAlPO‐31 adipic acid is produced.