Patent ID: 6670509
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: C07C

Abstract:
A process for converting an organic substrate to an oxygenated compound comprising reacting the organic substrate with an oxygen source in the presence of a catalyst comprising an imide promoter and a co-catalyst at oxidation conditions to provide an oxygenated compound, the imide promoter represented by at least one of structures (I), (II), (III) or (IV): where R1, R2, R3 and R4 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogens, alkyl groups, cycloalkyl groups, aryl groups, sulfonyl group, sulfonic acid, hydroxyl groups, alkoxy groups, carboxyl groups, ethers, amines, amides, alkoxy-carbonyl groups and acyl groups and X is selected from the group consisting of O, OH, acetyl, acetoxy, ether and halogen; and the co-catalyst comprising at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Groups IB, IVB, VB, VIB, VIIB and VIII, metals of the Periodic Table of the Elements.