Hydrocarbon oxidation
AssigneeUniversity College Cardiff Consultants Limited
InventorsGraham Hutchings, Nishtha Agarwal, Simon Freakley, Stuart Taylor
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Abstract
A method of direct oxidation of a hydrocarbon to produce an oxygenated reaction product, wherein said method comprises contacting a peroxide and oxygen and the hydrocarbon with a suspension of catalyst particles dispersed in a liquid reaction medium, wherein the catalyst particles are unsupported and comprise at least one transition metal.
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A method of direct oxidation of a hydrocarbon to produce an oxygenated reaction product, wherein said method comprises contacting a peroxide and oxygen and the hydrocarbon with a suspension of catalyst particles dispersed in a liquid reaction medium, wherein the catalyst particles are unsupported and wherein the catalyst particles comprise at least one transition metal, wherein the catalyst particles comprise an alloy of gold and at least one other transition metal;
- and wherein the hydrocarbon is selected from a C1 to C8 alkane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.