Phase-transfer catalysis in oxidation of cyclohexene with potassium permanganate. I - Phase transfer processes of potassium permanganate into organicphase

Phase-transfer catalysis processes carried out in oxidation of cyclohexene with potassium permanganate were investigated. The equilibriums and the kin etics of the permanganate extraction processes were conducted both in the a bsence and in the presence of the chemical reaction. The effects of the che mical reaction and its parameters on the phase-transfer processes were evid enced. The phase-transfer of permanganate anions was found to be influenced by the concentration of cyclohexene, permanganate, of the phase-transfer c atalyst and of acetic acid. The nature of the catalysts, the polarity of th e solvent, and the homogeneity were found also to exhibit an effect upon th e phase-transfer processes.