Patent ID: 7868201
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: B01J,C07C,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A process for selective oxidation of straight or branched-chain alkanes to produce an oxidation product comprising contacting the alkane in the liquid phase with a catalyst comprising a microporous solid support having 10-ring open windows and comprising non-framework metal cations selected from manganese, iron, cobalt, vanadium, chromium, copper, nickel, and ruthenium, and mixtures thereof, providing that the oxygen-containing gas does not contain significant amounts of added hydrogen, wherein the non-framework metal cations are incorporated into the microporous solid support by vapor deposition methods, and wherein the oxidation product comprises one or more terminal alcohols, terminal aldehydes, terminal carboxylic acids, ketones or combinations thereof, wherein the process is run in a batch mode or a continuous mode utilizing a fixed, fluidized or moving bed catalyst, and wherein the initial terminal regioselectivity is greater than or equal to about 10% and less than or equal to about 24%.