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Cyclohexane Oxidation to Adipic Acid Under Green Conditions: A Scalable and Sustainable Process
Author(s) -
Mazzi Alberto,
Paul Sébastien,
Cavani Fabrizio,
Wojcieszak Robert
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201800419
Subject(s) - adipic acid , cyclohexane , catalysis , selectivity , vanadium , chemistry , solvent , organic chemistry , chemical engineering , engineering
This work reports a 1 mol scale catalytic process to synthesize adipic acid directly from cyclohexane in solvent‐free conditions using air as oxidant. Catalysts based on vanadium phosphorus oxides were prepared, characterized and tested. They showed good activity and remarkably high selectivity to adipic acid in comparison to other already known heterogeneous catalysts. The use of solvent‐free conditions permits the easy separation of the product from the reactant mixture, which is very important from the industrial point of view. The process can be used at industrial scale for sustainable adipic acid synthesis.