E.i. Dupont De Nemours and Company

Chadwick A Tolman

Steven Dale Ittel

Joe Douglas Druliner

Paul J Krusic

James Peter Jesson

There is disclosed an improved process for oxidizing cyclohexane to produce a reaction mixture containing cyclohexyl hydroperoxide and decomposing the cyclohexyl hydroperoxide to form a mixture containing cyclohexanone and cyclohexanol comprising using in the oxidation step and/or the decomposition step as a catalyst a transitional metal complex of certain 1,3-bis(pyridylimino)isoindolines.

Process for producing a mixture containing cyclohexanol and

Hexakis(phosphite ester)chromiums of the formula

Hexakis- and dihydridopentakis(phosphite ester)chromiums

Selected novel phosphorus complexes of zerovalent iron containing phosphite ester ligands and, optionally diphosphine ligands, e.g., pentakis(trimethyl phosphite iron) and bis[ethylenebis(diphenylphosphine)] (trimethyl phosphite) iron, are disclosed. The compounds are prepared by various methods, by cocondensation of the vapors of iron and the ligand compound on a cold surface, e.g.,

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Wilmington, DE, United States of America

Chadwick A Tolman