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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2011
Alakananda Bhattacharyya, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Joel T. Walenga, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Alakananda Bhattacharyya, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Joel T. Walenga, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
UOP LLC, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Abstract
A process and a mixture for oxidizing an alkyl-aromatic compound comprises forming a mixture comprising the alkyl-aromatic compound, a solvent, a bromine source, a catalyst, and ammonium acetate; and contacting the mixture with an oxidizing agent at oxidizing conditions to produce an oxidation product comprising at least one of an aromatic aldehyde, an aromatic alcohol, an aromatic ketone, and an aromatic carboxylic acid. The solvent comprises a carboxylic acid having from 1 to 7 carbon atoms; and the catalyst comprises at least one of cobalt, titanium, manganese, chromium, copper, nickel, vanadium, iron, molybdenum, tin, cerium, and zirconium.