The Liquid-Phase Oxidation of Some Aryl-Aliphatic Hydrocarbons

Viscosity Changes during Mild Oxidation of Oilsands-Derived Bitumen: Solvent Effects and Selectivity

“…The solvent that was employed to dilute bitumen was mesitylene. As is the case with most hydrocarbons, it has been known for a long time that mesitylene is not resistant to oxidation in the vapor and in the liquid phase. , Although most of the investigations reporting mesitylene oxidation were conducted in the presence of a catalyst, autoxidation without a catalyst was also reported.…”

The oxidative stability of synthetic fuels and fuel blends with monoaromatic blending components

“…An increase in the number of similar substituent groups on the benzene ring typically considerably increases the ease of oxidation of aryl-aliphatic hydrocarbons but the introduction of a methyl group in the para position to a substituent with a tertiary alpha carbon atom apparently diminishes the oxidisability of the hydrocarbon [33].…”