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Hydrocarbon oxidations catalyzed by azide-activated metal coordination complexes
Assignee: Sunoco Inc R&M
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Filing: 1987-01-02
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Granted: 1990-01-23
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Expires: 2007-01-02
Abstract
Abstract Hydrocarbons, and particularly lower molecular weight alkanes and cycloalkanes, may readily be oxidixed with air or O 2 to form such products as alcohols, ketones, and the like selectively in high yields when there is employed as the catalyst a highly active azide-activated metal coordination complex having the structure ##STR1## where M is a transition metal; " " is a ligand; and X is azide. The invention is also directed to certain novel azide-activated metal coordination complex catalysts per se.
Inventors
- 👤 Paul E. Ellis, Jr.
- 👤 James E. Lyons
- 👤 Harry K. Myers, Jr.
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 15:57
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01J; B01J31/00; B01J31/16; B01J31/18; B01J31/1805; B01J31/181; B01J31/1815; B01J27/00; B01J27/24; B01J31/1825; B01J31/183; C; C07; C07C; C07C29/00; C07C29/48; C07C29/50; C07C45/00; C07C45/27; C07C45/32; C07C45/33; C07C45/34; C07C45/35; C07C45/36; B01J2531/00; B01J2531/02; B01J2531/0238; B01J2531/0241; B01J2531/025; B01J2531/50; B01J2531/56; B01J2531/57; B01J2531/60; B01J2531/62; B01J2531/64; B01J2531/66; B01J2531/70; B01J2531/72; B01J2531/80; B01J2531/82; B01J2531/821; B01J2531/822; B01J2531/825; B01J2531/827; B01J2531/84; B01J2531/842; B01J2531/845; C07C2601/00; C07C2601/12; C07C2601/14
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
48 words
In a process in which an alkane is selectively oxidized by contact with air or oxygen in the presence of a catalyst comprising a Group IV(a) to VIII transition metal coordination complex, the improvement which comprises activating said catalyst with an azide ion bonded to the transition metal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
48 words
In a process in which an alkane is selectively oxidized by contact with air or oxygen in the presence of a catalyst comprising a Group IV(a) to VIII transition metal coordination complex, the improvement which comprises activating said catalyst with an azide ion bonded to the transition metal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
The process according to claim 1 wherein the alkane has from 1 to about 20 carbon atoms.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
The process according to claim 1 wherein said alkane has from 1 to about 10 carbon atoms.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
The process according to any of claims 1, 2 or 3 wherein the products of the oxidation are alcohols, ketones, or mixtures thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
The process according to any of claim 1, 2 or 3 wherein the products of said oxidation are alcohols, ketones, acids, esters, or mixtures thereof.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
The process according to any of claims 1, 2 or 3 wherein the oxidation is carried out in the presence of an organic solvent.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
34 words
The process according to claim 1, 2 or 3 wherein the transition metal is selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Nb, Mo, Ru, Rh, W, Os and Ir.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
48 words
The process according to any of claims 1, 2, or 3 wherein the transition metal coordination complex contains a member selected from the group consisting of porphycenes, porphyrins, phthalocyanines, acetylacetonates, acetates, hydroxides, Schiff bases, propanoates, butyrates, benzoates, naphthenates, stearates, bipyridines, terpyridines, phenanthrolines, dithiocarbamates, xanthates, cyclam, dioxocyclams, and pyrazoylborates.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
The process according to claim 4 wherein the oxidation is carried out in the presence of an organic solvent.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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