One-step heterogeneously catalytic oxidation of o-cresol by oxygen to salicylaldehyde.
Salicylaldehyde (selectivity = 57.3% at a conversion = 73.8%) was prepared for the first time by the oxidation of o-cresol in a single step using impregnated CuCo/C catalysts.
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 110, Dalian 116023, P. R. China.
Feng
F
Wang
Jie
J
Xu
Shi-jian
SJ
Liao
D000447:Aldehydes / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D002384:Catalysis; D002626:Chemistry, Pharmaceutical; D003408:Cresols / Q000737:chemistry; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*
D000447:Aldehydes; D003408:Cresols; C013243:salicylaldehyde; D010100:Oxygen; C034047:2-cresol