Catalytic aerobic oxidation of cycloalkanes with nanostructured amorphous metals and alloys

Venkitasamy Kesavan, Pennadam S. Sivanand, Srinivasan Chandrasekaran, Yuri Koltypin, Aharon Gedanken

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Abstract

Under mild conditions (40 atm O2, 28°C, 10-15 h), an efficient aerobic oxidation of cycloalkanes to cycloalkanols can be achieved using nanostructured amorphous metals such as Fe and Co and an amorphous alloy like Fe20Ni80 as catalysts. For example, cyclohexane is oxidized to cyclohexanol with 32-41% conversion, while 1-adamantanol is formed from adamantane with 52-57% conversion.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3521-3523
Number of pages3
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume38
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - 3 Dec 1999

Keywords

  • Alkanes
  • C-H activation
  • Catalysts
  • Nanostructures
  • Oxidations

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