Process for oxidation of alkanes
AssigneeCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Research
InventorsRaj Deshpande, Makarand Diwakar, Raghunath Chaudhari
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Abstract
A palladium complex catalyzed process for the oxidation of linear alkanes is proposed which employs molecular oxygen as the oxidant to produce secondary alcohols and ketones in high selectivity, the said catalyst is a single entity and does not requires the use of any co-catalyst or solvent.
Claims13
A process for oxidation of alkanes of formula CnH2n+2, which comprises reacting an alkane with oxygen in presence of a palladium complex catalyst of the formula PdIIL1L2L3L4 wherein L1, L2, L3, L4 are identical or different and are selected from the group consisting of monodentate, bidentate, polydentate ligands and derivatives thereof, such that the maximum number of coordination for Palladium is 4, to obtain a mixtures of alcohols and ketones corresponding to the alkane used.
A process as claimed in claim I wherein the reaction is carried out in the presence of diluted oxygen with inert gases selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, helium and argon, or in presence of air.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.