Cyclohexane oxidation continues to be a challenge

Resistance switching of epitaxial VO2/Al2O3 heterostructure at room temperature induced by organic liquids

“…37,39 Because of the weaker reducibility of n-butanol than cyclohexane, [40][41][42][43] n-butanol modulates the resistance less than cyclohexane does.…”

Heterogeneous Catalytic Oxidation of Cyclohexane with H2O2 Catalyzed by Cs- and TBA-salts of Cu- and Mn-Polyoxotungstates on MCM-41

“…Results are shown in Table III. The oxidized products are cyclohexanol (CyOH) and cyclohexanone (CyONE), as in (1). In this work cyclohexyl hydroperoxide was not detected from the reaction.…”

“…cyclohexanone (80% selectivity, ca. 4% conversion), at a considerably high temperature (150 ˚C) and pressure (15 bar) [1]. Catalytic oxidation of cyclohexane have been carried out using a variety of oxidants such as iodosylbenzene [2], alkyl hydroperoxides [3], m-chloroperbenzoic acid [4] and oxygen [5].…”

Catalytic selective oxidation faces the sustainability challenge: turning points, objectives reached, old approaches revisited and solutions still requiring further investigation

“…The direct oxidation of cyclohexane to AA would thus join a sustainable approach with better economics, deriving from the lower investment, because of both the smaller number of reactors required, and lower operating costs. 4,116 Despite the good yields to AA achieved by the various technologies developed, the one-step AA process has not yet been implemented at a commercial level because of the high corrosiveness of acetic acid -the solvent for the autoxidation reaction -and the high energy demand for solvent recycle and product workup.…”