Issue 4, 2006
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Chemical Communications

Highly efficient one-step conversion of cyclohexane to adipic acid using single-site heterogeneous catalysts

Robert Raja,*a   John Meurig Thomas,bc   Mingcan Xu,d   Kenneth D. M. Harris,d   Michael Greenhill-Hoopere  and  Kieran Quille  

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a Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, UK
E-mail: robert@ri.ac.uk
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b Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, UK
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c Davy Faraday Research Laboratory, Royal Institution of Great Britain, Albemarle Street, London, UK

d School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Park Place, Cardiff, Wales
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e Borax Europe Limited, 1A Guildford Business Park, Guildford, UK
E-mail: mike.greenhill-hooper@borax.com
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Tel: +44-1483 242059

Abstract

A solid source of ‘active’ oxygen (acetylperoxyborate, APB), when dissolved in aqueous solution in the presence of a single-site microporous catalyst containing redox centres (FeIIIAlPO-31, MnIIIAlPO-5, FeIIIAlPO-5), converts cyclohexane with high efficiency (ca. 88%) and exceptionally high selectivity (ca. 81%) to adipic acid at 383 K; this procedure is also effective in converting styrene to styrene oxide and α-pinene and (+)-limonene to their corresponding epoxides.

Graphical abstract: Highly efficient one-step conversion of cyclohexane to adipic acid using single-site heterogeneous catalysts

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B513583D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
26 Sep 2005
Accepted
01 Nov 2005
First published
09 Dec 2005

Chem. Commun., 2006, 448-450

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Highly efficient one-step conversion of cyclohexane to adipic acid using single-site heterogeneous catalysts

R. Raja, J. M. Thomas, M. Xu, K. D. M. Harris, M. Greenhill-Hooper and K. Quill, Chem. Commun., 2006, 448 DOI: 10.1039/B513583D

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