Hydrocarbon oxidation, factors affecting selectivity

Selectivity is determined by a competition between the rate of butadiene production and the rate of degradation of butene and other hydrocarbon intermediates. Various investigators have considered factors affecting selectivity (31,35-37). Generally speaking, along the selective oxidation pathway, the first abstraction of H to form rc-allyl can be viewed as a combination of an acid-base and a redox reaction ... 

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