Patent ID: 7361792

Claim:
A process for producing an organic hydroperoxide comprising reacting an organic compound having at least one carbon-hydrogen bond capable of being oxidized to a hydroperoxide-carbon bond with oxygen in the presence of a catalyst comprising a complex transition metal oxide containing at least one M1 transition metal component wherein an anhydrous oxide is described by the empirical formulation (M1) a m+ (M2) b n+ (M3) c p+ H d O z where M1 is a transition metal component selected from Mn, Co, Cr, V, Mo, Fe, Cu, Ni, and mixtures thereof which comprise between 0.1% and 90% of the catalyst by weight, “a” is the sum of the mole fractions of M1 metals and is defined to be 1, “m” is the weighted average valence of the M1 metals and is greater than 0, M2 is selected from the group of cations and metals comprising ammonium ion, organoammonium ions, rare earth metals, early transition metals, and main group metals, “b” is the mole ratio of M2 cations and metals to the M1 metals and is greater than or equal to 0, “n” is the weighted average valence of the M2 cations and metals and is greater than 0, M3 is selected from the main group elements that form complex oxoanions comprising C, Si, P, and Ge, “c” is the mole ratio of M3 to the M1 metals and is greater than or equal to 0, “p” is the weighted average valence of M3 and is greater than 0, “d” is mole ratio of hydrogen to the M1 metals and varies from 0 to about “z”, “z” is mole ratio of O to M1 metals and is given by z =( a·m+b·n+c·p+d )/2 wherein if b+c=0, then the complex oxide comprises more than one M1 transition metal.