(1) Surface and Catalysis Research Centre, School of Chemistry, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6AD, UK
Abstract:
Using combination of Mn–Co transition metal species with N-hydroxyphthalimide as a catalyst for one-step oxidation of cyclohexane with molecular oxygen in acetic acid at 353 K can
give more than 95% selectivity towards oxygenated products with adipic acid as a major product at a high conversion (ca. 78%).
A turnover number of 74 for this partial oxidation are also recorded.