Process for preparing a carboxylic acid from a diol or from an epoxide by oxidative cleavage
AssigneesSociete Interoleagineuse D'Assistance Et De Developpement, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Oleon NV
InventorsMarc Lemaire, Estelle Metay, Marc Sutter, Julien Debray, Yann Raoul, Nicolas Duguet
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Abstract
A process for preparing a carboxylic acid, by oxidative cleavage of at least one vicinal diol, or an epoxide, wherein the reaction is carried out in the presence of a catalyst and of an oxidizing agent and in the absence of solvent.
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Method for preparing a carboxylic acid, by oxidative cleavage of at least one vicinal diol, or an epoxide, the reaction being conducted in the presence of a catalyst based on ruthenium or molybdenum, an oxidizing agent and in the absence of solvent, wherein the oxidizing agent is oxygen contained in air.
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