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Towards an Environmentally Acceptable Heterogeneous Catalytic Method of Producing Adipic Acid by the Oxidation of Hydrocarbons in Air

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A survey is given of the catalytic methods potentially available for the production of adipic acid by the oxidation of readily available hydrocarbon precursors under environmentally benign conditions. Encouraging results are reported using H2O2 as oxidant and microporous FeAlPO-5 as catalyst at moderate temperatures.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK

    Robert Raja, Sang-Ok Lee, Manuel Sanchez-Sanchez & Brian F.G. Johnson

  2. Davy Faraday Research Laboratory, The Royal Institution of Great Britain, 21 Albemarle Street, London, W1S 4BS, UK

    Robert Raja, Sang-Ok Lee, Manuel Sanchez-Sanchez, Gopinathan Sankar & John Meurig Thomas

  3. School of Chemical Science, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK

    Kenneth D.M. Harris

  4. Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, UK

    John Meurig Thomas

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Raja, R., Lee, SO., Sanchez-Sanchez, M. et al. Towards an Environmentally Acceptable Heterogeneous Catalytic Method of Producing Adipic Acid by the Oxidation of Hydrocarbons in Air. Topics in Catalysis 20, 85–88 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016303516420

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