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AssigneeE. I. du Pont Nemours and Company
InventorsJoe Douglas Druliner, Norman Herron, Stephen Paul Jordan, Kostantinos Kourtakis, Samuel Livingston Lane, Leo Ernest Manzer, Bruce Edmund Smart
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An improved process for decomposing alkyl or aromatic hydroperoxides to form a decomposition reaction mixture containing the corresponding alcohol and ketone. The improvement relates to decomposing the hydroperoxide by contacting the hydroperoxide with a catalytic amount of a heterogenous catalyst of Au, Ag, Cu or a sol-gel compound containing particular combinations of Fe, Ni, Cr, Co, Zr, Ta, Si, Mg, Nb, Al and Ti wherein certain of those metals have been combined with an oxide, such as an inorganic matrix of hydroxides or oxides, or combinations thereof. The catalysts may also optionally be supported on a suitable support member and used in the presence of an additional metal.
An improved process for decomposing a hydroperoxide to form a decomposition reaction mixture containing a corresponding alcohol and ketone, the improvement comprising decomposing a hydroperoxide by contacting the hydroperoxide with a catalytic amount of a heterogeneous catalyst selected from the group consisting of elemental gold, silver, and copper, wherein 0 to 18% of one or more metals selected from Periodic Group VIII is/are also present with the heterogeneous catalyst.
An improved process for decomposing a hydroperoxide to form a decomposition reaction mixture containing a corresponding alcohol and ketone, the improvement comprising decomposing a hydroperoxide by contacting the hydroperoxide with a catalytic amount of a heterogeneous catalyst, prepared by a sol-gel method, comprised of (a) one or more members selected from a first group consisting of Au, Cr, Co and Ti and (b) one or more members selected from a second group consisting of Fe, Ni, Zr, Ta, Nb, Al, Mg and Ti, wherein the selected members of (b) are combined with an oxide and wherein members of the first group cannot be the same as members of the second group.
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