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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2000
Filed:
May. 21, 1999
Ikuo Takahashi, Kobe, JP;
Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In the presence of a catalytic system comprising a cyclic base and a complex of a transition metal with an N,N'-disalicylidenediamine, ketoisophorone or a derivative thereof is produced by oxidizing .beta.-isophorone or a derivative thereof with molecular oxygen with controlling the water content of a reaction system to 1% by weight or less at the initial stage of the reaction. Moreover, the above catalytic system further comprises a basic nitrogen-containing compound. The complex may be an N,N'-disalicylidene C.sub.2-5 alkylenediamine complex with manganese, iron, cobalt, copper, or vanadium. The cyclic base may be an alicyclic or aromtaic compound having at least two nitrogen atoms. As the basic nitrogen-containing compound, a Schiff base such as an imino compound and an anil compound can be used. The proportion of the nitrogen-containing compound to the complex is about 0.1/1 to 20/1 (molar ratio). With the above oxydation catalytic system, there can be obtained ketoisophorone and derivatives thereof with high efficiency.