In the selective oxidation with air of 1-octanol and 2-octanol in 1, 4-dioxane at 100° C and 10bar in the presence of carbon supported platinum catalysts, the catalytic activity could be impressively boosted by substitution of pure dioxane by increasing amounts of water. Changing the polarity of the solvent strongly influences the adsorption equilibrium of substrates and products at the catalyst surface and hence plays an influential role on the ...
