Catalytic oxidation of hydrocarbons
AssigneeAmerican Cyanamid Company
InventorsRichard Harvey Spector, Richard Keith Madison
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the manufacture of beta-isopropylnaphthalene hydroperoxide, an intermediate product in the manufacture of beta-naphthol.
Claims10
A process for preparing beta-isopropylnaphthalene hydroperoxide which comprises intimately contracting, with agitation beta-isopropylnaphthalene dispersed in an alkaline, aqueous medium with molecular oxygen at a temperature of from about 75.degree. to 100.degree.C. in the presence of 25 to 1000 parts per million parts of beta-isoproplynaphthalene of a heavy metal catalyst selected from the group consisting of the nickel.sup.II complex of .alpha.,.alpha.'-(ethylenedinitrilo)di-o-cresol, tris(triphenylphosphine)rhodium (I) chloride and bis(triphenylphosphine) iridium carbonylchloride.
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