Electrochemical epoxidation of olefins
- Koninklijke/Shell-Laboratorium, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Direct epoxidation of an olefin, using oxygen and a catalyst, only proceeds with a high yield in the case of ethene. All commercial processes for the epoxidation of higher olefins therefore make use of an indirect route, yielding a co-product besides the desired epoxide. From an economic point of view this is an unfavorable situation since it couples the manufacture of two products. Recently, we have made a comprehensive study of a non-conventional method involving the electrochemical oxidation of olefins to epoxides. The major technical challenge posed by the electrochemical route to epoxides is the identification of conditions under which the desired reaction proceeds selectively. An exploratory study had indicated that the direct oxidation of olefins at the surface of catalytically active anodes (Pt, silver oxide, nickel oxide, lead ruthenates (1)) proceeds either slowly or non-selectively. A more promising approach was expected to be electrochemical (re)generation of an epoxidation agent at the anode of an electrochemical cell and carrying out the epoxidation in the anolyte solution. Epoxidation agents of interest included thallium (III) acetate complexes, hypobromite and silver(II)-pyridine complexes. Here we report on the electrochemical oxidation of olefins as mediated by silver-pyridine complexes. Subjects to be dealt with include the chemical efficacy of the process as well as the kinettics and mechanism of the olefin-Ag(II) reaction.
- OSTI ID:
- 5369294
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-8708314--
- Journal Information:
- American Chemical Society, Division of Petroleum Chemistry, Preprints; (USA), Journal Name: American Chemical Society, Division of Petroleum Chemistry, Preprints; (USA) Vol. 32:3; ISSN 0569-3799; ISSN ACPCA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
400400* -- Electrochemistry
ALKENES
AZINES
CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMISTRY
COMPLEXES
DATA
ELECTROCHEMISTRY
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
HYDROCARBONS
INFORMATION
KINETICS
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
PYRIDINE
PYRIDINES
REACTION KINETICS
SILVER COMPLEXES
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPLEXES