Patent ID: 9533928
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: C07C

Claim:
1. A composition comprising: a first catalyst comprising a chloro or bromo complex of palladium containing nitrile ligands; a second catalyst comprising a hydride of ruthenium, rhodium, iron, or iridium; an oxidant comprising a copper chloride, an iron chloride, a chromium oxide, manganese dioxide, silver oxide, hydrogen peroxide, benzoyl peroxide, an optionally substituted quinone, oxygen, or ozone; an organic reductant; an olefin reactant; water; and an oxidation product comprising an aldehyde, ketone or mixture thereof derived from the olefin reactant; wherein the first catalyst is capable of reacting with the olefin reactant to generate an oxidized olefin intermediate and a reduced first catalyst; the oxidant is capable of re-oxidizing the reduced first catalyst to reform the first catalyst; the second catalyst reacts with the oxidized olefin intermediate to form the olefin hydration product and an inactivated second catalyst, and the organic reductant is capable of reducing the inactivated second catalyst to reform the second catalyst.