Air hydroxylation of diamondoids
AssigneeMobil Oil Corporation
InventorsDong-ming Shen, Margaret M. S. Wu
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Abstract
The invention provides a method for selectively hydroxylating a diamondoid compound to an alcohol of the diamondoid compound comprising contacting the diamondoid compound with an oxygen-containing gas under hydroxylation conditions including temperature of at least about 70.degree. C.
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A method for selectively hydroxylating a diamondoid compound to an alcohol of said diamondoid compound comprising contacting said diamondoid compound with an oxygen-containing gas at temperature of from about 70.degree. C. to about 200.degree. C. and pressure of from 100 to 1000 psig in the absence of added catalyst.
A method for selectively hydroxylating a diamondoid compound to the bridgehead monoalcohol of said diamondoid compound comprising contacting said diamondoid compound with air in the absence of added catalyst under hydroxylation conditions including temperature of from about 70 to about 200.degree. C. and pressure of from about 300 to about 1000 psig.
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