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Catalysis Science & Technology

Methyltrioxorhenium-catalysed oxidation of pseudocumene in the presence of amphiphiles for the synthesis of vitamin E

Mónica Carril,a   Philipp Altmann,a   Werner Bonrath,b   Thomas Netscher,b   Jan Schützb  and  Fritz E. Kühn*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Molecular Catalysis, Catalysis Research Center, Technische Universität München, Ernst-Otto-Fischer-Straße 1, D-85747 Garching bei München, Germany
E-mail: fritz.kuehn@ch.tum.de
Tel: +49 89 289 13081

b DSM Nutritional Products, Research and Development, P. O. Box 2676, 4002 Basel, Switzerland

Abstract

Vitamin E is an essential food component and antioxidant of major economic relevance. 2,3,5-Trimethyl-1,4-benzoquinone is a key intermediate in the production of vitamin E, which can now be selectively achieved through MTO-catalysed oxidation of simple and inexpensive pseudocumene (1,2,4-trimethylbenzene), in the presence of hydrogen peroxide and an appropriate amphiphile.

Graphical abstract: Methyltrioxorhenium-catalysed oxidation of pseudocumene in the presence of amphiphiles for the synthesis of vitamin E

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CY00313E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
10 Aug 2011
Accepted
06 Oct 2011
First published
21 Oct 2011

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012,2, 722-724

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Methyltrioxorhenium-catalysed oxidation of pseudocumene in the presence of amphiphiles for the synthesis of vitamin E

M. Carril, P. Altmann, W. Bonrath, T. Netscher, J. Schütz and F. E. Kühn, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, 2, 722 DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00313E

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