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Cover Picture: The Formation of Byproducts in the Autoxidation of Cyclohexane (Chem. Eur. J. 3/2007)
Author(s) -
Hermans Ive,
Jacobs Pierre,
Peeters Jozef
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.200790008
Subject(s) - autoxidation , cyclohexanol , cyclohexane , radical , cyclohexanone , chemistry , organic chemistry , photochemistry , medicinal chemistry , catalysis
The liquid‐phase autoxidation of cyclohexane is an important process in the chemical industry, producing cyclohexanone and cyclohexanol. The overlooked propagation of the hydroperoxide gives rise to cyclohexoxy radicals, able to form ring‐opened ω‐formyl radicals. In their Full Paper on page 754 ff., I. Hermans et al. describe new and straightforward chemistry for the conversion of these radicals into the first major byproduct, 6‐hydroxyhexanoic acid, and its subsequent conversion into all other observed byproducts.