Journal of catalysis

Methyltrioxorhenium-catalyzed oxidation of pseudocumene for vitamin E synthesis: A study of solvent and ligand effects

…, P Altmann, M Drees, W Bonrath, T Netscher, J Schütz…

Index: Carril, Monica; Altmann, Philipp; Drees, Markus; Bonrath, Werner; Netscher, Thomas; Schuetz, Jan; Kuehn, Fritz E. Journal of Catalysis, 2011 , vol. 283, # 1 p. 55 - 67

Full Text: HTML

Citation Number: 27

Abstract

Vitamin E is an essential food component of major economical relevance with important antioxidant properties and biological activity. The oxidation of pseudocumene to trimethyl-1, 4-benzoquinone would be a key transformation in an alternative industrial production of α- tocopherol that is important for the antioxidant activity of vitamin E. The methyltrioxorhenium (MTO)-catalyzed oxidation of pseudocumene has been revisited to offer a more ...