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Title: Selective oxidation of olefins over transition metal-exchanged zeolite Y. [Cyclohexen and 1,4-cyclohexadiene]

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OSTI ID:6053680

Bis(ethylenediamine)cobalt(II) formed dioxygen adducts in zeolite Y, which were catalytic intermediates in the oxidative dehydrogenation of 1,4-cyclohexadiene to benzene and water. The reaction rate at about 65/sup 0/C was first order with respect to the cobalt-dioxygen complex concentration and the cyclohexadiene partial pressure and zero order with respect to the oxygen partial pressure. The liquid-phase catalytic oxidation of cyclohexene with molecular oxygen over various molybdenum-exchanged Y-type zeolites, including MoHY and MoCoHY, had induction periods of 0-12 hr and yielded products, including cyclohexene oxide, 2-cyclohexen-1-ol, and 2-cyclohexen-1-one; the selectivity for the epoxide was 25% at 50% conversion; a synergistic effect was found between molybdenum and cobalt. Molybdenum-exchanged zeolites were comparable in activity and epoxide selectivity to homogeneous catalysts.

OSTI ID:
6053680
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Thesis (Ph.D.)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English