ORGANIC-CHEMISTRY - OXIDATION BY A H2O2-VANADIUM COMPLEX-PYRAZINE-2-CARBOXYLIC ACID REAGENT .5. OXIDATION OF LOWER ALKANES WITH THE FORMATION OF CARBONYL-COMPOUNDS

Authors
SHULPIN GB DRAGO RS GONZALEZ M
Citation
Gb. Shulpin et al., ORGANIC-CHEMISTRY - OXIDATION BY A H2O2-VANADIUM COMPLEX-PYRAZINE-2-CARBOXYLIC ACID REAGENT .5. OXIDATION OF LOWER ALKANES WITH THE FORMATION OF CARBONYL-COMPOUNDS, Russian chemical bulletin, 45(10), 1996, pp. 2386-2388
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Russian chemical bulletin → ACNP
ISSN journal
10665285
Volume
45
Issue
10
Year of publication
1996
Pages
2386 - 2388
Database
ISI
SICI code
1066-5285(1996)45:10<2386:O-OBAH>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Lower alkanes (ethane, propane, n-butane, n-pentane) are readily oxidi zed in acetonitrile solvent by H2O2 with vanadate anion - pyrazine-2-c arboxylic acid (PCA), as the catalyst at 75 degrees C and pressures of similar to 3 atm to produce predominantly or exclusively ketones (ald ehydes). Isobutane is transformed selectively into tert-butyl alcohol. The oxidation of cyclohexane at 26 degrees C in acetone or acetic aci d is less efficient than in acetonitrile. The reaction does not occur in tert-butyl alcohol.