Selective catalytic oxidation of cyclohexylbenzene to cyclohexylbenzene-1-hydroperoxide: A coproduct-free route to phenol

Tetrahedron

Volumn 58, Issue 44, 2002, Pages 9055-9061

  Arends, Isabel W C E ^a   Sasidharan, Manickam ^a   Kühnle, Adolf ^b   Duda, Mark ^b   Jost, Carsten ^b   Sheldon, Roger A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Creavis Gesell Technol Innov mbh   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoxidation; Cyclohexylbenzene; N hydroxyphthalimide; Phenol

Indexed keywords

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOHEXYLBEBZENE 1 HYDROPEROXIDE; N HYDROXYPHTHALIMIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHENYLCYCLOHEXANE; PHTHALIMIDE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0037191091     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4020(02)01131-6     Document Type: Article

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