Method for carrying out oxidation reactions using inductively heated heating medium

A process for carrying out an oxidation reaction for producing a target compound by heating a reaction medium comprising at least one first reactant together with oxygen or an oxygen carrier in a reactor, wherein the reaction medium is brought into contact with a solid heating medium that can be heated by electromagnetic induction and that is inside the reactor and is surrounded by the reaction medium, and said heating medium is heated by electromagnetic induction with the aid of an inductor, whereby an oxidation reaction occurs within the first reactant to form the target compound and wherein said target compound is separated from the heating medium, wherein the reaction medium is present in the reactor as a liquid and the heating medium is selected from particles of electrically conductive and/or magnetizable solids, wherein:

• the particles of electrically conductive and/or magnetizable solids at least partly comprise oxidic groups and act as the oxygen carrier for the oxidation reaction;
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• the particles of electrically conductive and/or magnetizable solids are present in a mixture with other particles that at least partly comprise oxidic groups and act as the oxygen carrier for the oxidation reaction;
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• wherein as the oxidation reaction proceeds the particles are depleted of oxidic groups.