Microwave-assisted oxidation of alcohols by hydrogen peroxide catalysed by tetrabutylammonium decatungstate

✍ Scribed by Galica, Mateusz; Kasprzyk, Wiktor; Bednarz, Szczepan; Bogdał, Dariusz

• Book ID: 120442834
• Publisher: Versita
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 132 KB
• Volume: 67
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0366-6352
• DOI: 10.2478/s11696-013-0386-9

✦ Synopsis

This work deals with catalytic activity of tetrabutylammonium decatungstate(VI) in the oxidation of selected alcohols with hydrogen peroxide as an oxidant using 1,2-dichloroethane/water or acetonitrile/water as a solvent system. Different forms of heating were compared. The highest conversions of substrates were achieved in the two phase system acetonitrile/water using microwave irradiation combined with elevated pressure. Finally, optimum parameters for these reactions in a microwave pressurised reactor were established and discussed.