Advances and perspectives in catalysts for liquid-phase oxidation of cyclohexane

Abstract

The latest progress and developments in catalysts for the oxidation of cyclohexane are reviewed. Catalytic systems for the oxidation of cyclohexane including metal supported, metal oxides, molecular sieves, metal substituted polyoxometalates, photocatalysts, organocatalysts, Gif systems, metal-organic catalysts and metalloporphyrins are discussed with a particular emphasis on metalloporphyrin catalytic systems. The advantages and disadvantages of these methods are summarized and analyzed. Finally, the development trends in the oxidation technology of cyclohexane are examined.

Key words： cyclohexane; liquid-phase oxidation; catalysis

Acknowledgments

This work was financed by the State Key Program of National Natural Science of China (Grant No. 21036009) and the Funding Project for Academic Human Resources Development in Institutions of Higher Learning under the jurisdiction of the Beijing Municipality (PHR 200907105)

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