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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS A-CHEMICAL
Volume 294, Issue 1-2, Pages 43-50Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.molcata.2008.07.019
Keywords
Vanadium; Molecular oxygen; Triflate; Adamantane; Alkane
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VO(acac)(2) with 1 atm O-2 catalysed the oxidation of adamantane to adamantanone, adamantanols and its esters in propionic acid at 353-393 K. Propionic acid was a more suitable solvent for the oxidation than acetic, butyric, valeric, or hexanoic acids. The maximum yield of oxygenates was 65% (3300 TON) in 360min. Adamantane solubilities and chemical stabilities of carboxylic acid were important for the oxidation; however, the coordination of carboxylic anions with the vanadium catalyst strongly affected the oxidation activity. The oxidation rate of adamantane was enhanced 3.8 times by the addition of the Eu(OTf)(3) co-catalyst. The product selectivity for various oxidations of alkane and UV-vis spectroscopic studies of V species indicated that an active species was electrophilic vanadium peroxide species coordinated propionic anion and OTf. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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