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Figure 22.1. Toluene conversion and selectivity to partial oxidation products. Reaction conditions 160°C, 0.1 MPap02, 20 ml toluene, 0.8 g of catalyst (1 wt% AuPd/C prepared by sol-immobilisation with 1 1.85 Au/Pd ratio), toluene/metal molar ratio of 3,250 and reaction time 110 h. Key o conversion, selectivity to benzyl alcohol, selectivity to benzaldehyde, selectivity to benzoic acid, selectivity to benzyl benzoate.

Scrap butyl rubber inner tubes represent a source of waste rubber that is easily identified and segregated. Workers in Pakistan [19] have subjected these items to a batch non-oxidative pyrolysis process under both uncatalysed and catalysed conditions. In both cases atmospheric pressure was used, with zinc oxide being used as the catalyst in the catalysed version. The resultant product in both cases consisted of a hydrocarbon mixture and carbon black. The effects of temperature, amount of zinc oxide and reaction time on the yield of the products were studied. The hydrocarbon fraction was assessed as a fuel by carrying out tests such as flash point and aniline point. 

Acetone in conjunction with benzene as a solvent is widely employed. With cyclohexanone as the hydrogen acceptor, coupled with toluene or xylene as solvent, the use of higher reaction temperatures is possible and consequently the reaction time is considerably reduced furthermore, the excess of cyclohexanone can be easily separated from the reaction product by steam distillation. At least 0 25 mol of alkoxide per mol of alcohol is used however, since an excess of alkoxide has no detrimental effect 1 to 3 mols of aluminium alkoxide is recommended, particularly as water, either present in the reagents or formed during secondary reactions, will remove an equivalent quantity of the reagent. In the oxidation of steroids 50-200 mols of acetone or 10-20 mols of cyclohexanone are generally employed. 

Acetaldehyde can be used as an oxidation-promoter in place of bromine. The absence of bromine means that titanium metallurgy is not required. Eastman Chemical Co. has used such a process, with cobalt as the only catalyst metal. In that process, acetaldehyde is converted to acetic acid at the rate of 0.55—1.1 kg/kg of terephthahc acid produced. The acetic acid is recycled as the solvent and can be isolated as a by-product. Reaction temperatures can be low, 120—140°C, and residence times tend to be high, with values of two hours or more (55). Recovery of dry terephthahc acid follows steps similar to those in the Amoco process. Eastman has abandoned this process in favor of a bromine promoter (56). Another oxidation promoter which has been used is paraldehyde (57), employed by Toray Industries. This leads to the coproduction of acetic acid. 2-Butanone has been used by Mobil Chemical Co. (58). 

In wet-air oxidation, the aqueous mixture is heated under pressure ia the presence of air, which oxidi2es the organic material. The efficiency of the oxidation process is a function of reaction time and temperature. The oxidation products are generally less complex and can be treated by conventional biological methods (31). The reactor usually operates between 177 and 321°C with pressures of 2.52—20.8 MPa (350—3000 psig). 

Ethylene oxide has been produced commercially by two basic routes the ethylene chlorohydrin and direct oxidation processes. The chlorohydrin process was first iatroduced dufing World War I ia Germany by Badische Anilin-und Soda-Eabfik (BASE) and others (95). The process iavolves the reaction of ethylene with hypochlorous acid followed by dehydrochlofination of the resulting chlorohydrin with lime to produce ethylene oxide and calcium chloride. Union Carbide Corp. was the first to commercialize this process ia the United States ia 1925. The chlorohydrin process is not economically competitive, and was quickly replaced by the direct oxidation process as the dominant technology. At the present time, all the ethylene oxide production ia the world is achieved by the direct oxidation process. 

Oxidation of phenols with chlorine dioxide or chlorine produces chlorinated aromatic intermediates before ring rupture. Oxidation of phenols with either chlorine dioxide or ozone produces oxidized aromatic compounds as intermediates which undergo ring rupture upon treatment with more oxidant and/or longer reaction times. In many cases, the same nonchlorinated, ringruptured aliphatic products are produced using ozone or chlorine dioxide. 

The use of dimethyl sulfoxide-acetic anhydride as a reagent for the oxidation of unhindered steroidal alcohols does not appear to be as promising due to extensive formation of by-products. However, the reagent is sufficiently reactive to oxidize the hindered 11 j -hydroxyl group to the 11-ketone in moderate yield. The use of sulfur trioxide-pyridine complex in dimethyl sulfoxide has also been reported. The results parallel those using DCC-DMSO but reaction times are much shorter and the work-up is more facile since the separation of dicyclohexylurea is not necessary. Allylic alcohols can be oxidized by this procedure without significant side reactions. 

The reaction of lead tetraacetate (LTA) with monohydric alcohols produces functionalization at a remote site yielding derivatives of tetrahydrofuran (THF) 12). An example is the reaction of 1-pentanol with LTA in nonpolar solvents which produces 30% THF. The reaction, which is believed to proceed through free-radical intermediates, gives a variable distribution of oxidation products depending on solvent polarity, temperature, reaction time, reagent ratios, and potential angle strain in the product. 

The filtrate was adjusted to a pH of 9 by adding concentrated ammonia, and than a 1 N aqueous iodine-potassium iodide solution was added dropwise, whereby the tetrahydro-pyrimido-[5,4-d] pyrimidine obtained by hydrogenation with zinc in formic acid was converted by oxidation into 2,6-bis-(diethanolamino)-8-piperidino-pyrimido-[5/4-d]-pyrimidine. The completion of the oxidation was checked by means of a starch solution. The major amount of the oxidation product already separated out as a deep yellow crystalline precipitate during the addition of the iodine solution. After the oxidation reaction was complete, the reaction mixture was allowed to stand for a short period of time, and than the precipitate was separated by vacuum filtration, washed with water and dried. It had a malting point of 157°C to 158°C. The yield was 8.0 g, which corresponds to 95% theory. 

Mix the hydrogenated product with 20 ml thionyl chloride and 0.5 g di-methylformamide and reflux the resulting solution with agitation under a nitrogen atmosphere at 80-85°C. Optimum reaction time for C18 alkanesulfonate is 45 min longer times produce oxidized materials. 

Oxidative Heck arylation of enamides with arylboronic acids, using oxygen gas as a reoxidant for Pd(0) and 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline as a chelating regiocontrolling ligand, yielded a (= internally) arylated reaction product as the major compound with a very good a//3 selectivity [92]. Microwave irradiation with prepressurized sealed vials proved useful in reducing the reaction time (Scheme 82). 

DMC and EG were main products of the transesterification reaction. No by-product such as dimethyl ether and glycol monoethyl ether was observed in the resulting products. Only small peaks of ethylene oxide from the decomposition of EC could be detected at longer reaction time and at high temperature. 

The main reaction product is carbon dioxide, but under certain conditions, other oxidation products are observed for short periods of time, such as formaldehyde, formic acid, and others. The oxidation of methanol to CO2 yields six electrons, so that the specific capacity of methanol is close to 0.84 Ah/g. 

The electrochemical catalytic activity of various Pt-porous nanoparticles for the oxidation of methanol was shown in Figure 13. The peak mass current densities recorded after 100 scan cycles were 80mAmg Pt for those porous Pt nanoparticles. The peak mass current densities were 72, 62, 58 and 51mAmg Pt for those products formed for reaction time of 3, 5, 10, and 20min at the Pt(acac)2 HDD HDA ACA DPE molar ratio of 6 36 118 12 100, respectively. As a reference point, the catalytic activity of a commercial carbon-supported Pt... 

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