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One‐Pot Conversion of Cyclohexane to Adipic Acid Using a µ 4 ‐Oxido‐Copper Cluster as Catalyst Together with Hydrogen Peroxide
Author(s) -
Gawlig Christopher,
Schindler Siegfried,
Becker Sabine
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
european journal of inorganic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1099-0682
pISSN - 1434-1948
DOI - 10.1002/ejic.201901052
Subject(s) - adipic acid , chemistry , cyclohexane , catalysis , hydrogen peroxide , yield (engineering) , copper , cluster (spacecraft) , organic chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , materials science , computer science , metallurgy , programming language
The production of nylon‐6.6 is one of the largest scale syntheses in industrial chemistry. The standard procedure is based on an energy consuming low‐level conversion of cyclohexane to yield adipic acid in two steps that is converted to nylon‐6.6 in a separate step. Therefore, there is a strong intent to optimize the synthetic route in an economic and ecologic matter. In this work, we present a one‐pot oxygenation of cyclohexane with hydrogen peroxide and a µ 4 ‐oxido‐copper cluster catalyst to yield dicarboxylic acids with adipic acid as the main product.