Oxidation of cyclohexane—A significant impact of stainless steel reactor wall

The selective oxidation of cyclohexane to cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone is an important chemical process and it has been paid more attentions recently. In the present work, the stainless steel reactor wall was found to influence the selective oxidation of cyclohexane very significantly, and a quasi-crystalline Ti45Zr35Ni17Cu3 alloy with the similar compositions as the reactor wall was used as a catalyst for the cyclohexane oxidation, as expected, a higher activity was obtained with it. The present results open up a new avenue for developing new catalyst for alkane oxidation.

The selective oxidation of cyclohexane to cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone is an important chemical process and it has been paid more attentions recently. The present work demonstrated that the oxidation of cyclohexane could be promoted by stainless steel reactor wall and a new catalyst of quasi-crystalline alloy of Ti45Zr35Ni17Cu3 was active for the present reaction under the solvent-free conditions. Figure optionsDownload as PowerPoint slide