The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Selectivity differences of some cobalt catalyst systems in the liquid phase oxidation of alkyl aromatics

HD Holtz

Index: Holtz,H.D. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1972 , vol. 37, # 13 p. 2069 - 2074

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Abstract

A study of the products obtained in the oxidation of p-tert-butyltoluene and Z, Z-bis (p-tolyl) propane at 182'and 200 psig 0 2 in a mixed solvent consisting of chlorobenzene and acetic acid, and in the presence of cobaltous acetate-hydrochloric acid catalyst, has revealed some significant differences in oxidation products as compared with similar experiments using the cobalt-bromide and cobalt acetate-2-butanone catalyst systems at 182 and 138", ...