Phase Selective Oxidation of Organic Compounds

Liquid-Phase Selective Oxidation of Organic Compounds 

Liquid-phase selective oxidations are of industrial importance for fine chemical syntheses. However, stoichiometric oxidizing agents have been mostly used and the generation of unwanted by-products exceeds that of desired products in quantity. To 

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Polyoxometalates undoubtedly have enormous catalytic potential in liquid phase selective oxidation of organic compounds. Various strategies for immobilization of POMs on solid matrices have been developed during the past two decades and opened new opportunities for practical applications. The most developed and widely used technique is electrostatic... 

Because the petrochemical industry is based on hydrocarbons, especially alkenes, the selective oxidation of hydrocarbons to produce organic oxygenates occupies about 20% of total sales of current chemical industries. This is the second largest market after polymerization, which occupies about a 45% share. Selectively oxidized products, such as epoxides, ketones, aldehydes, alcohols and acids, are widely used to produce plastics, detergents, paints, cosmetics, and so on. Since it was found that supported Au catalysts can effectively catalyze gas-phase propylene epoxidation [121], the catalytic performance of Au catalysts in various selective oxidation reactions has been investigated extensively. In this section we focus mainly on the gas-phase selective oxidation of organic compounds. 

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