Creation of a chain-like cationic iron species in montmorillonite as a highly active heterogeneous catalyst for alkane oxygenations using hydrogen peroxide.
A chain-like Fe3+ species containing an Fe-O-Fe unit has been prepared within the interlayer space of a montmorillonite, which showed a very high catalytic activity (turnover frequency 386 h-1 and turnover number 23,200) for the oxidation of cyclohexane with H2O2, affording cyclohexyl hydroperoxide as a major product.
Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan.
Kohki
K
Ebitani
Masahito
M
Ide
Takato
T
Mitsudome
Tomoo
T
Mizugaki
Kiyotomi
K
Kaneda