Degussa Aktiengesellschaft

Creavis Gesellschaft Fuer Technologie and Innovation Mbh

Sasidharan Manickam

Mark Duda

Isabella W C E Arends

Roger Arthur Sheldon

Thomas Schiffer

Uwe Tanger

Carsten Jost

Adolf Kuhnle

Jochen Kirchhoff

Guido Fries

Adolf Kühnle

The invention relates to a method for oxidizing substrates such as hydrocarbons, waxes or soot. The method involves the use of a compound of formula (I) in which: R1 and R2 represent H, an aliphatic or aromatic alkoxy radical, carboxyl radical, alkoxycarbonyl radical or hydrocarbon radical, each having 1 to 20 hydrocarbon atoms, SO3H, NH2, OH, F, Cl, Br, I and/or NO2, whereby R1 and R2 designate identical or different radicals or R1 and R2 can be linked to one another via a covalent bonding; Q1 and Q2 represent C, CH, N, CR5, each being the same or different; X and Z represent C, S, CH2, each being the same or different; Y represents O and OH; k=0, 1, 2; l=0, 1, 2; m=1 to 3, and; R5 represents one of the meanings of R1. Said compound is used as a catalyst in the presence of a radical initiator, whereby the molar ratio of the catalyst to the hydrocarbon is less than 10 mol %. Peroxy compounds or azo compounds can be used as the radical initiator. Preferred substrates are aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbons.

Method for oxidizing hydrocarbons

Method for producing aromatic alcohols, especially phenol

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Tamil Nadu, India

Sasidharan Manickam