Liquid-phase oxidation of normal $ C_{10} $–$ C_{13} $ hydrocarbons with hydrogen peroxide on the titanium-containing catalyst ts-1: The effect of process conditions on product composition

Abstract Severe economic challenges and stringent environmental regulations have made it necessary to devise new higher fatty alcohol synthesis technologies in order to replace the existing processes, which produce large amounts of waste, or to eliminate or considerably lessen their drawbacks. Proce...
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Abstract Severe economic challenges and stringent environmental regulations have made it necessary to devise new higher fatty alcohol synthesis technologies in order to replace the existing processes, which produce large amounts of waste, or to eliminate or considerably lessen their drawbacks. Processes using hydrogen peroxide, an environmentally friendly oxidizer, are of great interest in this respect. Here we report the effect of process conditions (the initial molar ratio of reactants and temperature) on the proportions of the products (alcohols and ketones) of the liquid-phase oxidation of normal $ C_{10} $–$ C_{13} $ hydrocarbons on a heterogeneous titanium-containing silicalite catalyst (TS-1). The main products of the reaction are alcohols and ketones, and the proportion of the alcohols in the reaction mixture decreases as the temperature is raised and as the hydrocarbon-to-hydrogen peroxide molar ratio is decreased. Ausführliche Beschreibung