Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan

The liquid-phase oxidation of methylbenzenes by the cobalt-copper-bromide system.

T Okada, Y Kamiya

Index: Okada, Toshihiko; Kamiya, Yoshio Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1981 , vol. 54, # 9 p. 2724 - 2727

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Abstract

The liquid-phase oxidation of methylbenzenes catalyzed by a catalyst system composed of cobalt (II) and copper (II) acetates and sodium bromide was carried out in acetic acid at 150° C. The corresponding benzyl acetates and benzaldehydes were obtained in high selectivities in most cases. A nuclear-brominated product, ie, 3-bromo-4-methoxytoluene was also obtained in the oxidation of p-methoxytoluene, which has two different reaction ...

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