E. I. Du Pont Nemours and Co.

Stephen Paul Jordan

Norman Herron

Leo Ernest Manzer

Kostantinos Kourtakis

Bruce E Smart

Joe Douglas Druliner

Samuel L Lane

An improved process for decomposing alkyl or aromatic hydroperoxides to form a decomposition reaction mixture containing the corresponding alcohol and ketone. The improvement relates to decomposing the hydroperoxide by contacting the hydroperoxide with a catalytic amount of a heterogenous catalyst of Au, Ag, Cu or a sol-gel compound containing particular combinations of Fe, Ni, Cr, Co, Zr, Ta, Si, Mg, Nb, Al and Ti wherein certain of those metals have been combined with an oxide, such as an inorganic matrix of hydroxides or oxides, or combinations thereof. The catalysts may also optionally be supported on a suitable support member and used in the presence of an additional metal.

Growing community of inventors

Wilmington, DE, United States of America

Stephen Paul Jordan