Heterogeneous Metal Catalysts for Oxidation Reactions

Table 8

Oxidation of ethylbenzene by nickel substituted copper chromite spinels [9].

Catalysts	Conversion (%)	Selectivity (%)
		Acetophenone	1-phenylethanol	Others
CCr	32.9	13.9	83.4	2.7
CNCr-1	44.7	51.9	46.4	1.7
CNCr-2	56.1	68.7	28.1	3.2
CNCr-3	55.5	55.6	39.6	4.8
NCr	20.2	59.1	19.4	21.5

Reaction conditions: temperature 70°C, time 8 h, EB: TBHP ratio 1 : 2, catalyst weight 0.1 g, solvent 10 mL acetonitrile [9].