Homogeneous liquid-phase oxidation of ethylbenzene to acetophenone in continuous flow mode

ACS Catalysis

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2669-2676

  Gutmann, Bernhard ^a   Elsner, Petteri ^b   Roberge, Dominique ^b   Kappe, C Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b LONZA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

acetophenone; autoxidation; benzylic oxidation; cobalt bromide; continuous flow; novel process windows

Indexed keywords

ACETOPHENONES; AUTOXIDATION; BENZYLIC OXIDATION; CONTINUOUS FLOWS; NOVEL PROCESS WINDOWS;

CHROMATOGRAPHY; COBALT; ETHANOL; ETHYLBENZENE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KETONES; LIQUIDS; OXYGEN; PEROXIDES;

OXIDATION;

EID: 84890374108     PISSN: 21555435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cs400571y     Document Type: Article

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