Process for catalytically decomposing organic hydroperoxides
AssigneeRhodia Polyamide Intermediates
InventorsDidier Bonnet, Eric Fache, Aline Seigneurin
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for decomposing organic hydroperoxides in the presence of a catalyst. It provides a process for decomposing organic hydroperoxides in the presence of a catalyst into a mixture of alcohols and ketones, in which the catalyst comprises at least one ruthenium-based catalytically active metallic element incorporated into a solid support chosen from the group comprising metal oxides and carbon blacks, such as the carbon blacks obtained by the pyrolysis of organic compounds. The process of the invention is especially useful in the decomposition of important chemical intermediates such as cyclohexyl hydroperoxide.
Claims11
A process for decomposing organic hydroperoxides, comprising the step of carrying out a decomposition reaction in the presence of a catalyst into alcohols and ketones, said catalyst consisting essentially of at least one ruthenium-based catalytically active metallic element incorporated into a support comprising carbon black obtained by pyrolysis of organic compounds;
- and at least one doping element selected from the group consisting of a rare-earth metal, titanium, zirconium, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, molybdenum, tungsten, manganese, rhenium, iron, cobalt, nickel, rhodium, palladium, platinum, gold, silver, copper, iridium and osmium.
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